The Aryans blended two cultures through acculturation. The Aryans combined the cultural traditions of the nomads with those of earlier Indian people. The Aryans gave up their nomadic ways and settled into villages to cultivate crops and raise cattle. They learned to raise crops from local farmers. In 800 BC they learned how to make tools out of iron. Aryan's tribes were lead by Rajahs, chiefs of the tribe. A rajah was likely the most skilled war leader had been elected by an assembly of warriors. The Aryans divided themselves into categories. At the top there were Brahmins/priests, next the Kyshatriyas, or warriors, the third group Viasyas included farmers, herders, artisans, and merchants. The fourth group had little or no heritage. They were called the Sudras. This group included farm workers, servants, and other laborers. The lowest social group, the Dalits, was outside the caste system. These people did the work others didn't, such as skinning the animals.
Religious Beliefs:
The Aryans were polytheistic, worshipped gods and goddesses who embodied natural forces such as sky, sun, storm, and fire. The chief Indian deity was Indra, god of war. His weapon was a thunderbolt, used to destroy demons and to tell when it would rain which was vital.
Two other major gods were Varuna, the god of order and creation and Agni, the god of fire and the messenger who communicated human wishes to the gods. They also honored animal deities as the monkey and snake gods. As the lives of Aryans changed their beliefs did to.some religious thinkers moved towards Brahmin, a single spiritual power that existed beyond the many gods of the Vedas and existed in all spiritual things. There was also a move towards mysticism. Mystics are people are people who seek direct communion with divine forces. Mystics practiced meditation and yoga.

Aryan Civilization