Aryan advancement
From world history where the flow is connected because it is by area
If you check the map of India in BC, you will see " Khyber Pass " at the top. You can see that there is a place name called. The pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan today is one of the few west land invasions in the region with several high and steep mountains, and Alexander the Great also invaded.
This Khyber Pass From Aryan around 1500 BC Is said to have arrived. Aryan at this point It seems that there has not yet been a difference between rich and poor and a difference in status. At the time of the invasion of the Indian subcontinent, there was no use of ironware yet.
The Aryans worship nature such as lightning and fire, and various ceremonies are held. It is " Rig-Veda " that contains such religious knowledge. "is. Vedic , an old form of Sanskrit Written in, rig means "hymn" and Veda means "knowledge".
What was the Indus Valley Civilization before? ?? A description of a large river called "Saraswati River" (a river that is said to be in the Gaggal Harkler River) and its incarnation "Saraswati" (in Japan, it is transmitted as one of the seven gods of good fortune, Benzaiten). A polytheistic view of the world is left in "Rig-Veda", as described in "Dyaus", which enshrines thunder, rain, and fertility in the main god.
What is the change due to the advance of Aryans? ??
In 1000 BC, the Aryans became even more fertile upper Ganges Move to. They acquired agricultural skills while interacting with the indigenous people who were engaged in agriculture at the destination.
By this time, the Aryans had acquired iron-making technology that was propagated in the wake of the collapse of multiple countries and regions, including the Hittites called "Catastrophe of 1200 BC" in the Orient, and were suitable for clearing forests. Ironware I will continue to use.
Unlike the area around the Indus River, the upper reaches of the Ganges are rice-growing in areas with heavy rainfall. Area.
By moving to a new world, changing the type of agriculture and acquiring new technologies, efficient new farm tools will be developed. A wooden plow with an iron blade can now be pulled by a cow.
In this way, the Aryans changed from traditional wheat and barley agriculture to rice cultivation.
When efficient agriculture is carried out, surplus crops will be created and the difference between rich and poor will be created. Also, in my life, I had a belief in natural things, but when I settled down, I couldn't easily leave the place, and prayer and other things became more and more important. And while less invasion from other regions, it's not without Izakoza within the Indian subcontinent.
With the surplus crops being able to afford production and the ability to do work other than getting food, a class other than agricultural workers such as princes, samurai, and priests was born, and the king with strong power ruled. It became like that.
Birth of caste system
As various levels were born and a society was established by mixing Aryans and indigenous peoples in the Indian subcontinent, the idea of social status was gradually born. This idea is Varna I call it.
- Brahmin (Priest)
- Kshatriya (Samurai)
- Vaishya (Farmers, herders, merchants, later to refer to merchants)
- Shudra (Slave people, later to refer to farmers and herders)
Brahmin as benefiting from the gods by performing complex rituals accurately They have the highest status, and their religion is Brahmanism . It came to be called. In addition, there are discriminated people under these 4 Varna, and they will be discriminated against as untouchable people.
Furthermore, the caste system that remains until now It was around this time that the prototype of was made. A caste group that strengthens cohesion by marrying and eating between "specific beliefs," "certain occupations," and "other groups." Have been born in large numbers.
By the way, caste Is a Portuguese word derived from "casta" which means "pedigree", and in India it means "born" and "origin" " Jati ". ] Is used.
Varna system that I think there is a hierarchical relationship depending on the status that I was born with. And Jati The current caste system was formed for a long time by combining is.
Until around 600 BC, when such a system was gradually established, Brahmanism But also Vedas From Vedic period Is called.