Indo-Aryan migrations
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The Indo-Aryan migrations were the migrations into the Indian subcontinent of Indo-Aryan peoples, an ethnolinguistic group that spoke Indo-Aryan languages. These are the predominant languages of today
Scheme of Indo-European language dispersals from c. 4000 to 1000 BCE according to the widely held Kurgan hypothesis. – Center: Steppe cultures 1 (black): Anatolian languages (archaic PIE) 2 (black): Afanasievo culture (early PIE) 3 (black) Yamnaya culture expansion (Pontic-Caspian steppe, Danube Valley) (late PIE) 4A (black): Western Corded Ware 4B-C (blue & dark blue): Bell Beaker; adopted by Indo-European speakers 5A-B (red): Eastern Corded ware
A 1910 depiction of Aryans entering India, from Hutchinson's History of the Nations
An early 20th century depiction of Aryans settling in agricultural villages in India
According to Allentoft (2015), the Sintashta culture probably derived from the Corded Ware Culture.
Sintashta culture
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The Sintashta culture is a Middle Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Southern Urals, dated to the period c. 2200–1900 BCE. It is the first phase of the Sintashta–Petrovka complex, c. 2200–1750 B
Aerial view of Arkaim
Chariot model, Arkaim museum
Excavation and partial building reconstruction at Arkaim