page_title: List of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes
hierarchical_section_title: List of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes
context_page_description: This is a list of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes that are mentioned in old sources of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions. In these old sources, there are also Non-Indo-Aryan peoples that are mentioned but are not included in this list because of that.
  From an undetermined time in the Second or First Millennium BCE ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes turned into most of the population in the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent - Indus Valley, Western India, Northern India, Central India, and also in areas of the southern part like Sri Lanka and the Maldives through and after a complex process of migration, assimilation of other peoples and language shift.
context_section_description: This is a list of ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes that are mentioned in old sources of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions (see sources). In these old sources, there are also Non-Indo-Aryan peoples that are mentioned but are not included in this list because of that.
  From an undetermined time in the Second or First Millennium BCE ancient Indo-Aryan peoples and tribes turned into most of the population in the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent - Indus Valley (roughly today's Pakistan), Western India, Northern India, Central India, and also in areas of the southern part like Sri Lanka and the Maldives through and after a complex process of migration, assimilation of other peoples and language shift.
caption: The approximate extent of the Vedic period Āryāvarta is highlighted in pale yellow
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