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Dravidians (drəvĭd`ēəns), name sometimes given to the peoples of S and central India and N Sri Lanka who speak Dravidian languages Dravidian languages (drəvĭd`ēən) ..... Click the link for more information. . They are so called for purely linguistic reasons; the peoples are of varying racial types. It is thought that Dravidian-speaking peoples may have been spread throughout the Indian subcontinent before the invasions of the Aryans Aryan (âr`ēən), [Sanskrit,=noble], term formerly used to designate the Indo-European race or language family or its ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There Craig helped prove that many of the deceased Branch Dravidians had shot themselves or had been shot to death by fellow cult members before the FBI rushed the compound, leading to the fire that consumed the cult's complex of buildings. The two largest groups are the Indo-Aryans, who live mostly in the north, and the Dravidians, who have darker skin and live in the south. Indian Ayurveda arose in a long process that involved Indo-European cultural encounter with a Dravidian population on the Indian subcontinent. |
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