Āryāvarta

The Aryans (History & Civilization)

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The word "Aryan" used by Hinduism and Zoroastrianism and originated from ancient text of Rig Veda and also Avesta India- In Sanskrit and related Indic languages, Aryan refers to one who does Noble deeds for civilization. Āryāvarta (Sanskrit: आर्यावर्त, "abode of the Aryans") is a name for Northern India in classical Sanskrit literature. The Manu Smriti gives the name to "the tract between the Himalaya and the Vindhya ranges, from the eastern to the Western Sea The title of Aryan was used with various modifications throughout the Indian Subcontinent. Kharavela, the Emperor of Kalinga around 1 BCE is referred as an Aryan in the Hatigumpha inscriptions of the Khandagiri--Udaigiri cave complex in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The Gurjara Pratihara rulers in the tenth century was entitled as Maharajadhiraja of Āryāvarta ('the lord of great kings of the land of the Aryans'). Various Indian religions, chiefly Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism use the term Aryan as an epithet of honor and it occurs as such in their religious texts and groups such as the Arya Samaj. In the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Aryan is used as an honorific for many characters including Hanuman and Ravana. Iranian/ Old Persia- the Old Iranian term has solely an ethnic meaning. That is in contrast to Indian usage, in which several secondary meanings evolved, the meaning of ar- as a self-identifier is preserved in Iranian usage, hence the words "Iran"/"Iranian" themselves. Iranian airya meant and means "Iranian", and Iranian anairya meant and means "Un-Iranian".Arya may also be found as an ethnonym in newer Iranian languages, e.g., Alan/Persian Iran and Ossetian Ir/Iron The name Iran, Iranian is itself equivalent to Aryan, where Iran means "land of the Aryans, and has been in use since Sassanid times European connection (Balkan countries)- Graeco-Aryan (or Greco-Aryan) refers to a hypothesis that the Greek. Greek,Bulgarian,Serbian language,old culture,civilization and the Indo-Iranic family languages,civilizations share a common history Egyptian connection- The Great Pharaohs of Egypt had originated from Caucasus and considered to be has Aryan community NOTE: This video does not belong to me. The video is uploaded only for educational purposes, thus no copyright infringement is intended.