Question

How many years do you think roughly separated the advent of the Indus Valley Civilisation and the arrival of the Aryan race on the Indian subcontinent?

• A. Around 2,000 years
• B. Around 10,000 years
• C. Around 500 years
• D. Around 25 years

Answer 1

The correct option is A Around 2,000 years

The advent of the Indus Valley Civilisation roughly dates back to about 5,000 years ago. More than 250 major centres of the Harappan civilisation have been discovered in different areas of the Indian subcontinent. According to reports, the civilisation may have extended from Jammu in the North to Gujarat in the South, and from Meerut in the East to the coast in the West. The Aryans, on the hand, migrated to the Indian subcontinent around 1,500 BCE.