In a general sense, Aryan is the term used for the people and culture of the ancient Indo-European civilization that spanned the continents thousands of years before the time of Christ. As it has been used in the past century in the English language, the term Aryan can be distinguished from its etymological roots and usage in Hindi in the same period. Of the two languages, the Hindi usage is longer and has a more complex history than its English-language usage. Located within the Indo-European family of languages, the term has mutually exclusive meanings depending on whether it is used in the Indo-Persian or the modern English language. In the Indo-Persian language context, its meaning has religious and moral elements, while in English it is ...