Iranian peoples, or Iranic peoples, are a diverse ethnolinguistic group who are identified chiefly by their native usage of any of the Iranian languages, which are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languag
The Bistun Inscription of Darius the Great describes itself to have been composed in Arya [language or script].
Early Indo-European migrations from the Pontic–Caspian steppe and across Central Asia.
According to Allentoft (2015), the Sintashta culture probably derived from the Corded Ware culture.
Saka horseman, Pazyryk, from a carpet, c. 300 BC
The Indo-European migrations are hypothesized migrations of peoples who spoke Proto-Indo-European and the derived Indo-European languages, which took place from around 4000 to 1000 BCE, potentially ex
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 and dark blue): Bell Beaker; adopted by Indo-European speakers 5A-B (red): Eastern Corded ware
Area of distribution of the earliest Indo-European river names.
Sredny Stog culture (v.4500–3500 BCE)
Usatovo culture (c. 3500–3000 BCE)