Gujarat Class 10 Answered

Dravidians

• Dravidians came to India before the Aryans. They spoke Dravidian language.
• They were the inhabitants of the Mohen-jo-daro culture. The Dravidians worshipped the mother as a ‘goddess’ and Shiva as a ‘God’.
•  The tradition of worshiping with incense stick, lamp and ‘aarti’ are considered as the greatest gifts of the Aryans.
• They had matriarchal system of family and they were perfect in the art of weaving, spinning, dyeing and arts.
• After the Aryans settled in north India, the Dravidians shifted to North India. Toady they speak Dravidian- family languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malyalam.

The Aryans

• According to most historians, the Aryans came into India in around 1500 BCE from central Asia. They were war-like people.
• The Aryans worshipped the relief features and the forces of nature like trees, rivers, mountains, Sun, wind and rain. They composed hymns for praying various natural elements.
• The Nordic Aryans were the creator of the Indian culture.