From the time of the Aryan invasion (c. 1500 BC) the indigenous inhabitants of the subcontinent have tended to adapt their religious and social life to Brahmanic norms.

• 从雅利安人入侵时期（公元前1500前）起，次大陆的本土居民已经让他们的宗教和社会生活趋向于婆罗门标准化。