The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c15.s3.2

c15.s3.2

During this period the rest of the country was more primitive and the Gangetic basin was in the throes of a great technological evolution. When the new people, the Aryans appeared on the scene, coinciding more or less with the setting desiccation of Sind, the second focus shifts to the Indo-Gangetic divide, the traditional gateway to the heart of India. Probably, the stories of struggles and adventures reflected in the Early Vedic literature mark the consolidation and establishment of this Vedic Brahmavarta. With the further increase in the population and the fusion of the society, we see the eastward movement of the Aryans into the rich valley of the Ganges, marking the large-scale colonization of this great area.