Question

Aryans at first settled in ____________.
(A) Sindh
(B) Gujarat
(C) Kashmir
(D) Punjab

Answer 1

Hint: The Aryans' original homeland is a point of contention, with various experts claiming different regions as their roots. The Aryan occupation of the Indo-Gangetic Plains marked the beginning of the Vedic Era. In comparison to the urbanized Indus Valley people, they lived a pastoral, semi-nomadic lifestyle. They are thought to have entered India through the Khyber Pass. Many people claim that Aryans originated in Europe.

Complete answer:
Since many people claim that Aryans originated in Europe, the Aryans are thought to have arrived in India in groups that settled in Pakistan's North-Western Province and the Punjab. From around thousand five hundred B.C., the Aryans were found to have occupied the entire present-day Punjab and Sindh regions. The first community of Aryans fought and defeated the Dravidians and other inhabitants, who were driven south of India. Infighting and inter-tribal wars were also a problem for the Aryans.

Now let us look into the given options
For option (A) Sindh is partially correct; since the Aryans did arrive at two the regions, Punjab and Sindh, but when we consider their settlement in India, Sindh will be rejected since it belongs to the Pakistan region today.
Then option (B) Gujarat is incorrect; Aryans did not settle here until later on, so this is definitely not the first region where they settled.
Next option (C) Kashmir is incorrect; this region belongs to the north but it does not exactly occupy the north western region so this can be omitted.
Finally option (D) Punjab is the correct option because the two regions where the Aryans had settled in were Punjab and Sindh, but considering that Sindh is a part of Pakistan, the answer here would be Punjab.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: The term "Aryans" was coined in the early nineteenth century. One of the people who valued this was Adolf Hitler. He said that Aryans were people of great supremacy who came from Germany. Germany, he said, was the supreme land and house of the Aryans. According to many myths and historians, the Aryan invasion brought the Harappan civilization to an end.