- Aryans
Aryans — 1) an Irano-Scythian tribal name. Originally inhabitants of the Herat region and the Tedzhen-Harirud River basin, later the name of the Persians and Medes. The Arians were tribes of the eastern regions of ancient Iran and Central Asia, living east and south of the Caspian Sea; 2) followers and adherents of the teachings of the Alexandrian presbyter Arius (4th century); 3) the name of peoples belonging to the Indo-European linguistic community. The social term "arya", which designated priests and military nobility of pastoral tribes that invaded India from the northwest, is considered by some researchers as ethnic. The names "Aryans" were extended to all peoples of the Caucasoid racial type speaking Indo-European languages. In India, the Aryans were located on the Great North Indian Plain, from the Himalayas in the north to the Vindhya and Satpura mountains in the south; 4) Arians were the name given to the inhabitants of Ariana, which united the names of several provinces of Persica (Drangiana, Arachosia, Parapamisadae, Aria, Parthia, Carmania, and Gedrosia).
The Aryans who invaded the Indian subcontinent in 1500 BC belonged mainly to haplogroup R1a-Z93, and to a lesser extent to G2a2b2a, J2b2, R1b (M269 and M73), and R2. This is known from Y-DNA studies in the highest castes of Indian society (Brahmins and Kshatriyas), who are descendants of the Indo-Aryans with the least degree of admixture (modern India is a rigid caste society). Modern Indian Dravidians are an autochthonous people of India from that period, with South Asian haplogroups C5, F, H, and L. [Maciamo Hay 2008]
VARIANT NAMES: Latin. Ariani, Arieni, Arii, Arrianii, Arriani, Greek. Άριανοι, Άριηνοί.
Sources:
Ethnogenesis of the Abkhazians. D.A. Arshba, 2015