text: Early events surrounding the Indo-Aryans can be deduced from the later writings of the Rig-Veda ( priestly hymns ) , Puranas ( ancient tales of kings and gods ) , and the epic poems of the Mahabharata and Ramayana .
  
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  The later writings of the RIg-Veda had to do with Indo-Aryans , who lived in South America .