Question

Select the correct statements about the relationship between the Harappans and Indo-Aryans:

• A. The Indo-Aryans learned new technologies of arable farming from the later Harappans.
• B. The Indo-Aryans adopted the varna system from the Harappans.
• C. The Indo-Aryans interacted with the Harappans and added those theories and ideologies in Rig Veda.
• D. The Indo-Aryans constructed planned villages and towns on the Harappan model.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C), (D)

The correct options are
A The Indo-Aryans learned new technologies of arable farming from the later Harappans.
C The Indo-Aryans interacted with the Harappans and added those theories and ideologies in Rig Veda.
D The Indo-Aryans constructed planned villages and towns on the Harappan model.

• The Indo-Aryans were a primitive society of tribal herdsmen gradually learned about arable farming, expanded, discovered new resources, developed better technologies, adopted a settled life, created villages and towns.
• The Indo-Aryans also adopted the prevailing theories and ideologies of the Harappans and added those theories in Rig Veda during the Later Vedic Period.

But the varna system was never a part of Harappan culture. Neither did the Indo-Aryans live in planned villages or towns.