Aryans settled in India, Open-Air Sacrifice (litho)

Aryans settled in India, Open-Air Sacrifice. The primitive Aryans settled wherever they went in stockaded villages, leading a simple agricultural life, keeping cattle and flocks of sheep and goats, though always prepared for defence. Milk was their principal beverage, and open-air sacrifice, performed by the men to the singing or recitation of hymns, formed their chief religious rites, in which the women had no part. They had neither temples nor images. Society was conducted on strict patriarchal principles. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson, c.1920). Note: Image has been digitally enhanced to facilitate repro.