Indo-Iranians
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Indo-Iranian peoples, also known as Indo-Iranic peoples by scholars, and sometimes as Aryans from their self-designation, are an ethno-linguistic group consisting of the Indo-Aryan, Iranian (or Iranic), and Nuristani people; that is, speakers of Indo-Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family.
The Proto-Indo-Iranians are commonly identified with the descendants of the Proto-Indo-Europeans known as the Sintashta culture and the subsequent Andronovo culture within the broader Andronovo horizon, and their homeland with an area of the Eurasian steppe that borders the Ural River on the west, the Tian Shan on the east.
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See also
- Chariot
- Soma
- Mitra
- Andronovo culture
- BMAC
- Indo-Aryans
- Indo-Aryan migration
- Proto-Indo-Iranian religion
- Mitanni
- Aryavarta
- Ariana
- Iranian people
- Avesta
- Avestan
- Zoroastrianism
- Old Avestan
- Kurdish people
- Nuristani people
- Kalash people
- Dard people
- Kafiristan
- Proto–Indo-Iranian language
- Vedic Sanskrit
- Satemization
- Graeco-Aryan
- Mediterranean race
- Iranid race
- Cimmerians
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