Foreigners from the north are believed to have migrated to India and settled in the Indus Valley and Ganges Plain from 1800-1500 BCE. The most prominent of these groups spoke Indo-European languages and were called Aryans, or “noble people” in the Sanskrit language.
The Caste System. A caste system developed among Indo-Aryans of the Vedic Period, splitting society into four major groups. which made them as highest priority of society.
Harappan rulers based their power on a belief in divine assistance.
