Aryans

Male dominated
Pastoral
Horse was a significant animal
Rig veda - consists of 10 mandalas( books) : Book 1 and 2 are relatively new
Earliest specimen of Indo-European language : 2200 BC inscription in Iran. Later in Hittite inscriptions in Anatolia
1500 BC came to India
Sindhu is the river par excellence for them
Saraswati is the best of rivers in Rig veda
Panchajana - 5 tribes into which aryans were divided
Used ploughshare
Land did not form a well established type of individual property
Metal working was known
Rajan-> King
Samiti,Sabha,Vidatha,Gana -> Tribal assembly