Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India, A.D. 1000–1800 c8.11

c8.11

The Aryans came from the north-west around 2,000 B.C. They were an agricultural and pastoral people who understood the principles of irrigation and manuring and used the animal-drawn plough. They exhibited a marked division of labour based on caste and birth (*varna*) and also on economic and occupational diversification, differentiating wood workers, metal workers, leather workers, weavers, soldiers, and priests.