A History of Agriculture in India v1.c24.3

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THE home of the Aryans is believed to be in South Russia in the steppes between the Danube, the Volga and the Urals. About 1800-1600 B.C., they left their homeland and dispersed east and west in large hordes. They left their ancestral land perhaps due to a prolonged drought, followed by famine. A large group known as Kassites penetrated into Akkad, and, in due course, became the rulers of Babylon in 1746 B.C. One horde occupied northern Iran, another, the Mittanis, conquered Asia Minor, where they introduced horse-breeding. The third horde entered India through Afghanistan and Baluchistan (Fig. 149) and overwhelmed the Harappans.