- The Indo-Aryans-
Indo-Aryans;
Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse collection of Indo-European peoples speaking Indo-
Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent. Historically, Aryans were the Indo-Iranian
speaking pastoralists who migrated from Central Asia into South Asia and introduced
the Proto-Indo-Aryan language.[5][6][7][8][9] Today, the Indo-Aryan language speakers are
found across the modern-day regions of Bangladesh, southern-Nepal, eastern-
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and northern-India.[10]
History
Proto-Indo-Iranians
Main articles: Indo-Iranians, Proto-Indo-Europeans, Aryan, Indo-European migrations,
and Indo-Aryan migrations
Further information: Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia and Peopling of India
Archaeological cultures associated with Indo-Iranian
migrations (after EIEC). The Andronovo, BMAC and Yaz cultures have often been
associated with Indo-Iranian migrations. The GGC, Cemetery H, Copper Hoard, OCP,
and PGW cultures are candidates for cultures associated with Indo-Aryan migrations.
The introduction of the Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent was the result
of a migration of Indo-Aryan people from Central Asia into the northern Indian
subcontinent (modern-day Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka).
These migrations started approximately 1,800 BCE, after the invention of the war