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FORWARD of philosophical thinking in India after the advent of Aryan migration.
When the early Aryans began to migrate to India in groups, the Indo-Gangetic planes were inhebitated by settlers who were highly cicvilized and were in cultural communication with early Sumerians of Mesopotamia as is now completely proved through the excavations of Mohan-jo-Dero, Harappa and other places of Indo-Gangetic valley.
The Aryans had their Vedas and believed in performance of Yajnas to propitiate various gods repesenting different forces of nature. It is believed that at that time the original nonAryan settlers were being influenced by people who were following "Shramana" tradition, which believed in reunciation of worldly affairs and observation of strict austerity by residing in forests. The word "Shrama” means labour and since these people were exerting much in their penances, their practices were known as ‘Shramanic tradition”.
After the Aryans settled in the fertile lands
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