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The
Yamna culture
3500-2000 BC.
Scheme of
Indo-European migrations
from ca. 4000 to 1000 BCE according to the
Kurgan hypothesis
. The magenta area corresponds to the assumed
Urheimat
(
Samara culture
,
Sredny Stog culture
). The red area corresponds to the area which may have been settled by Indo-European-speaking peoples up to ca. 2500 BCE; the orange area to 1000 BCE. (Christopher I. Beckwith (2009),
Empires of the Silk Road
, Oxford University Press, p.30)
Map of the approximate maximal extent of the Andronovo culture. The formative
Sintashta-Petrovka
culture is shown in darker red. The location of the earliest
spoke
-wheeled
chariot
finds is indicated in purple. Adjacent and overlapping cultures (
Afanasevo culture
,
Srubna culture
,
BMAC
) are shown in green.
Archaeological cultures associated with
Indo-Iranian migrations
(after
EIEC
). The
Andronovo
,
BMAC
and
Yaz
cultures have often been associated with Indo-Iranian migrations. The
GGC
,
Cemetery H
,
Copper Hoard
and
PGW
cultures are candidates for cultures associated with Indo-Aryan movements.
Early Vedic Period.
Late Vedic Period.
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