Indo-Iranian peoples, also known as Indo-Iranic peoples by scholars, and sometimes as Arya or Aryans from their self-designation, were a group of Indo-European peoples who brought the Indo-Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, to major parts of Eurasia in the second part of the 3rd millennium BCE. They eventually branched out into …

Some loanwords in the variant of the Hurrian language spoken in the Mitanni kingdom, during the 2nd millennium BCE, are identifiable as originating in an Indo-Aryan language; these are considered to constitute an Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni (or in Mitanni Hurrian). The words in question are theonyms, proper names and technical (hippological) terminology.

Rudra (/ ˈ r ʊ d r ə /; Sanskrit: रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms, Vayu, medicine, and the hunt. One translation of the name is 'the roarer'. In the Rigveda, Rudra is praised as the 'mightiest of the mighty'. Rudra means "who eradicates problems from their roots". Depending upon the periodic situation, Rudra can mean 'the most severe roarer ...

The Indo-Aryan languages, also known as the Indic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Indo-Aryan peoples.As of the early 21st century, they have more than 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Maldives. ...

Aryan or Arya (/ ˈ ɛər i ə n /; Indo-Iranian *arya) is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*an-arya).

The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India when the Vedic literature, including the Vedas (ca. 1300–900 BCE), was composed in the northern Indian subcontinent, between the end of the urban Indus Valley civilisation and a second urbanisation, which began in the central Indo …

The Western Chalukya Empire ruled most of the western Deccan, South India, between the 10th and 12th centuries.This Kannadiga dynasty is sometimes called the Kalyani Chalukya after its regal capital at Kalyani, today's Basavakalyan in the modern Bidar District of Karnataka state, and alternatively the Later Chalukya from its theoretical relationship to the 6th-century Chalukya …

Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300–1700 BCE) Some Indus valley seals show swastikas, which are found in other religions worldwide. Phallic symbols interpreted as the ... Arya Samaj ("Society of Nobles") is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875.

Aryens ou Arya est un terme qui signifie « noble » qui a été utilisé comme autodésignation par les Indo-Iraniens.Le mot a été utilisé par les Indiens de la période védique en Inde comme désignation ethnique pour eux-mêmes et pour se référer à la classe noble ainsi qu'à la région géographique connue sous le nom d'Āryāvarta, où la culture indo-aryenne était basée.

Hinduisme (di Indonesia disebut Agama Hindu) merupakan kepercayaan dominan di Asia Selatan, terutama di India dan Nepal, yang mengandung beraneka ragam tradisi.Kepercayaan ini meliputi berbagai aliran, di antaranya Saiwa, Waisnawa, dan Sakta, serta suatu pandangan luas akan hukum dan aturan tentang "moralitas sehari-hari" yang berdasar pada karma, darma, dan …