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                 The most important, most discuss and most controversial part of the Indian history were ARYANS. Who were Aryans? Are they invaded / migrated to India? The term "Aryan" has had a history filled with controversy. The source of the English word ‘Aryan’ comes from the Sanskrit word 'arya'. The Sanskrit term has a similar with the Iranian word 'arya', means the noble man in both languages.                                                                                                                  When historians discuss about Aryans, they mention them as a ‘race’, which invaded / migrated from Persia to India, which followed the end of the Indus valley civilization. But some experts have different views. According to Professor Max Muller who was philologist and expert in Vedic studies. This was what he said in his lectures on the Science of Language. "In ar or ara, I recognize one of the oldest names of the earth, as the ploughed land,