1001 Space Earth Nature History First Civilisations Ancient Egypt Biblical Times Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Chinese, Japanese Civilisations Indian Civilisation African Civilisation The Early Americas The Rise of Islam The Middle Ages The Renaissance Civil War and Revolution The Industrial Revolution Two World Wars 20th-century Achievements Human World Science and Technology	Who were the Aryans? The Aryan people were nomadic herdsmen, probably from central Asia, who invaded India from the north in about 1500 BC. They occupied the valleys of the Indus and then the Ganges rivers, and forced the original inhabitants, the Dravidians, to move south.   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: History Chapter: Indian Civilisation