> developed durning Vedic Age
> formed when nomads intermarried with the locals
> left behind very little evidence, all we know is from the vedas
> often appeared as warriors who faught in chariots and loved food, drink, music, games and races

> they eventually gave up the nomadic life to become farmers
> around 800 B.C.E. they learned how to make tools out of iron
> tribe leaders were called rajahs
> Rajahs were elected to position by a group of warriors
> had a caste system

> polytheistic
> gods embodied natural forces

Aryan Civilization