1. Aryan Invasion of India “The Vedic Age”
1500 BCE-500 BCE

2. Do Now! Complete the map exercise that you received when you came in.
Write your answers on the sheet, not on an index card today.

3. Indo-European Migrations

4. Aryan Migration to India 1500 BCE-500 BCE

5. Based on the Map and short reading
Discussion points
Based on the Map and short reading
What values did the Aryans embrace that were different from the inhabitants of the IRV?
2) Why would a nomadic people like the Aryans develop more aggressive tendencies than the people of the IRV?

6. Aryans and the Khyber Pass!

7. SUMMARY QUESTION
Why do you think a nomadic people like the Aryans would have developed more aggressive tendencies than people of the IRV?