Chapter 7

1“Deccan, Hind, Dakhin, Dakhan; dakkina, the Prakr. form of Sskt. dakshina, ‘the south.’ The southern part of India, the Peninsula, and especially the table-land between the Eastern and Western Ghauts.” Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.2History of Creation.3Malay Archipelago, 1890.4Seearticle Kādir.5Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula, 1906.6Globus, 1899.7Madras Museum Bull., II, 3, 1899.8Op. cit.9Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.10Mem. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, Miscellanea Ethnographica, 1, 1906.11Manual of the Geology of India, 2nd edition, 1893.12Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals, 1871.13SeeAnnual Report, Archæological Survey of India, 1902–03.14Bull,Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, 1905.15Introduction to the Study of Mammals, living and extinct, 1891.16Anthropology. Translation, 1894.17I have only seen one individual with woolly hair in Southern India, and he was of mixed Tamil and African parentage.18Seearticle Maravan.19Op. cit.20Ethnology, 1896.21Proc. R. Soc. N. S. Wales, XXIII, part III.22“It is evident that, during much of the tertiary period, Ceylon and South India were bounded on the north by a considerable extent of sea, and probably formed part of an extensive southern continent or great island. The very numerous and remarkable cases of affinity with Malaya require, however, some closer approximation to these islands, which probably occurred at a later period.” Wallace. Geographical Distribution of Animals, 1876.23SeeBreeks, Primitive Tribes and Monuments of the Nilgiris; Phillips, Tumuli of the Salem district; Rea, Prehistoric Burial Places in Southern India; R. Bruce Foote, Catalogues of the Prehistoric Antiquities in the Madras Museum, etc.24Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of India, Part II. The aborigines of Chūta Nāgpur, and of the Central Provinces, the People of Orissa, Veddahs and Negritos, 1900.25Other cranial characters are compared by Sir William Turner, for which I would refer the reader to the original article.26The People of India, 1908.27Contemporary Science Series.28Madras Museum Bull., II, 3, 1899.29The cephalic indices of various Brāhman classes in the Bombay Presidency, supplied by Sir H. Risley, are as follows:—Dēsastha, 76.9; Kokanasth, 77.3; Sheni or Saraswat, 79; Nagar, 79.7.30Measured by Mr. F. Fawcett.31The Pattar Brāhmans are Tamil Brāhmans, settled in Malabar.32According to the Brāhman chronology, Mayūra Varma reigned from 455 to 445 B.C., but his probable date was about 750 A.D.SeeFleet, Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency, 1882–86.33Histoire générale des Races Humaines, 1889.34Les Nègres d’Asie, et la race Nègre en général. Revue Scientifique, VI July, 1906.35Tribes and Castes of Bengal, 1891.36Linguistic Survey of India, IV, 1906.37Manual of the South Canara district.38The Todas, 1906.39Madras Journ., Lit. and Sci., V., 1837.40Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages. 2nd Ed., 1875.41Outlines of the Toda Grammar appended to Marshall’s Phrenologist among the Todas.42Madras Census Report, 1901.

1“Deccan, Hind, Dakhin, Dakhan; dakkina, the Prakr. form of Sskt. dakshina, ‘the south.’ The southern part of India, the Peninsula, and especially the table-land between the Eastern and Western Ghauts.” Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.2History of Creation.3Malay Archipelago, 1890.4Seearticle Kādir.5Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula, 1906.6Globus, 1899.7Madras Museum Bull., II, 3, 1899.8Op. cit.9Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.10Mem. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, Miscellanea Ethnographica, 1, 1906.11Manual of the Geology of India, 2nd edition, 1893.12Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals, 1871.13SeeAnnual Report, Archæological Survey of India, 1902–03.14Bull,Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, 1905.15Introduction to the Study of Mammals, living and extinct, 1891.16Anthropology. Translation, 1894.17I have only seen one individual with woolly hair in Southern India, and he was of mixed Tamil and African parentage.18Seearticle Maravan.19Op. cit.20Ethnology, 1896.21Proc. R. Soc. N. S. Wales, XXIII, part III.22“It is evident that, during much of the tertiary period, Ceylon and South India were bounded on the north by a considerable extent of sea, and probably formed part of an extensive southern continent or great island. The very numerous and remarkable cases of affinity with Malaya require, however, some closer approximation to these islands, which probably occurred at a later period.” Wallace. Geographical Distribution of Animals, 1876.23SeeBreeks, Primitive Tribes and Monuments of the Nilgiris; Phillips, Tumuli of the Salem district; Rea, Prehistoric Burial Places in Southern India; R. Bruce Foote, Catalogues of the Prehistoric Antiquities in the Madras Museum, etc.24Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of India, Part II. The aborigines of Chūta Nāgpur, and of the Central Provinces, the People of Orissa, Veddahs and Negritos, 1900.25Other cranial characters are compared by Sir William Turner, for which I would refer the reader to the original article.26The People of India, 1908.27Contemporary Science Series.28Madras Museum Bull., II, 3, 1899.29The cephalic indices of various Brāhman classes in the Bombay Presidency, supplied by Sir H. Risley, are as follows:—Dēsastha, 76.9; Kokanasth, 77.3; Sheni or Saraswat, 79; Nagar, 79.7.30Measured by Mr. F. Fawcett.31The Pattar Brāhmans are Tamil Brāhmans, settled in Malabar.32According to the Brāhman chronology, Mayūra Varma reigned from 455 to 445 B.C., but his probable date was about 750 A.D.SeeFleet, Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency, 1882–86.33Histoire générale des Races Humaines, 1889.34Les Nègres d’Asie, et la race Nègre en général. Revue Scientifique, VI July, 1906.35Tribes and Castes of Bengal, 1891.36Linguistic Survey of India, IV, 1906.37Manual of the South Canara district.38The Todas, 1906.39Madras Journ., Lit. and Sci., V., 1837.40Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages. 2nd Ed., 1875.41Outlines of the Toda Grammar appended to Marshall’s Phrenologist among the Todas.42Madras Census Report, 1901.

1“Deccan, Hind, Dakhin, Dakhan; dakkina, the Prakr. form of Sskt. dakshina, ‘the south.’ The southern part of India, the Peninsula, and especially the table-land between the Eastern and Western Ghauts.” Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.2History of Creation.3Malay Archipelago, 1890.4Seearticle Kādir.5Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula, 1906.6Globus, 1899.7Madras Museum Bull., II, 3, 1899.8Op. cit.9Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.10Mem. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, Miscellanea Ethnographica, 1, 1906.11Manual of the Geology of India, 2nd edition, 1893.12Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals, 1871.13SeeAnnual Report, Archæological Survey of India, 1902–03.14Bull,Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, 1905.15Introduction to the Study of Mammals, living and extinct, 1891.16Anthropology. Translation, 1894.17I have only seen one individual with woolly hair in Southern India, and he was of mixed Tamil and African parentage.18Seearticle Maravan.19Op. cit.20Ethnology, 1896.21Proc. R. Soc. N. S. Wales, XXIII, part III.22“It is evident that, during much of the tertiary period, Ceylon and South India were bounded on the north by a considerable extent of sea, and probably formed part of an extensive southern continent or great island. The very numerous and remarkable cases of affinity with Malaya require, however, some closer approximation to these islands, which probably occurred at a later period.” Wallace. Geographical Distribution of Animals, 1876.23SeeBreeks, Primitive Tribes and Monuments of the Nilgiris; Phillips, Tumuli of the Salem district; Rea, Prehistoric Burial Places in Southern India; R. Bruce Foote, Catalogues of the Prehistoric Antiquities in the Madras Museum, etc.24Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of India, Part II. The aborigines of Chūta Nāgpur, and of the Central Provinces, the People of Orissa, Veddahs and Negritos, 1900.25Other cranial characters are compared by Sir William Turner, for which I would refer the reader to the original article.26The People of India, 1908.27Contemporary Science Series.28Madras Museum Bull., II, 3, 1899.29The cephalic indices of various Brāhman classes in the Bombay Presidency, supplied by Sir H. Risley, are as follows:—Dēsastha, 76.9; Kokanasth, 77.3; Sheni or Saraswat, 79; Nagar, 79.7.30Measured by Mr. F. Fawcett.31The Pattar Brāhmans are Tamil Brāhmans, settled in Malabar.32According to the Brāhman chronology, Mayūra Varma reigned from 455 to 445 B.C., but his probable date was about 750 A.D.SeeFleet, Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency, 1882–86.33Histoire générale des Races Humaines, 1889.34Les Nègres d’Asie, et la race Nègre en général. Revue Scientifique, VI July, 1906.35Tribes and Castes of Bengal, 1891.36Linguistic Survey of India, IV, 1906.37Manual of the South Canara district.38The Todas, 1906.39Madras Journ., Lit. and Sci., V., 1837.40Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages. 2nd Ed., 1875.41Outlines of the Toda Grammar appended to Marshall’s Phrenologist among the Todas.42Madras Census Report, 1901.

1“Deccan, Hind, Dakhin, Dakhan; dakkina, the Prakr. form of Sskt. dakshina, ‘the south.’ The southern part of India, the Peninsula, and especially the table-land between the Eastern and Western Ghauts.” Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.

2History of Creation.

3Malay Archipelago, 1890.

4Seearticle Kādir.

5Pagan Races of the Malay Peninsula, 1906.

6Globus, 1899.

7Madras Museum Bull., II, 3, 1899.

8Op. cit.

9Yule and Burnell, Hobson-Jobson.

10Mem. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, Miscellanea Ethnographica, 1, 1906.

11Manual of the Geology of India, 2nd edition, 1893.

12Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals, 1871.

13SeeAnnual Report, Archæological Survey of India, 1902–03.

14Bull,Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, 1905.

15Introduction to the Study of Mammals, living and extinct, 1891.

16Anthropology. Translation, 1894.

17I have only seen one individual with woolly hair in Southern India, and he was of mixed Tamil and African parentage.

18Seearticle Maravan.

19Op. cit.

20Ethnology, 1896.

21Proc. R. Soc. N. S. Wales, XXIII, part III.

22“It is evident that, during much of the tertiary period, Ceylon and South India were bounded on the north by a considerable extent of sea, and probably formed part of an extensive southern continent or great island. The very numerous and remarkable cases of affinity with Malaya require, however, some closer approximation to these islands, which probably occurred at a later period.” Wallace. Geographical Distribution of Animals, 1876.

23SeeBreeks, Primitive Tribes and Monuments of the Nilgiris; Phillips, Tumuli of the Salem district; Rea, Prehistoric Burial Places in Southern India; R. Bruce Foote, Catalogues of the Prehistoric Antiquities in the Madras Museum, etc.

24Contributions to the Craniology of the People of the Empire of India, Part II. The aborigines of Chūta Nāgpur, and of the Central Provinces, the People of Orissa, Veddahs and Negritos, 1900.

25Other cranial characters are compared by Sir William Turner, for which I would refer the reader to the original article.

26The People of India, 1908.

27Contemporary Science Series.

28Madras Museum Bull., II, 3, 1899.

29The cephalic indices of various Brāhman classes in the Bombay Presidency, supplied by Sir H. Risley, are as follows:—Dēsastha, 76.9; Kokanasth, 77.3; Sheni or Saraswat, 79; Nagar, 79.7.

30Measured by Mr. F. Fawcett.

31The Pattar Brāhmans are Tamil Brāhmans, settled in Malabar.

32According to the Brāhman chronology, Mayūra Varma reigned from 455 to 445 B.C., but his probable date was about 750 A.D.SeeFleet, Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency, 1882–86.

33Histoire générale des Races Humaines, 1889.

34Les Nègres d’Asie, et la race Nègre en général. Revue Scientifique, VI July, 1906.

35Tribes and Castes of Bengal, 1891.

36Linguistic Survey of India, IV, 1906.

37Manual of the South Canara district.

38The Todas, 1906.

39Madras Journ., Lit. and Sci., V., 1837.

40Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages. 2nd Ed., 1875.

41Outlines of the Toda Grammar appended to Marshall’s Phrenologist among the Todas.

42Madras Census Report, 1901.


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