Question

India Land and people.

Answer 1

• Mermerised by varied and prosperous heritage many foreign tribes came to India.
• Negritoit or Habsi people came from Africa to India via Baluchistan. They had black complexion, curly hair, four to five feet of height.
• Australoid or Nishad people came from the south-east Asia. They were of black complexion, broad head, flat nose and short height. We find them in Kol and Munda tribals, Khasi tribals in Assam, the tribes in Nicobar and Myanmar.
• Dravidians were the direct descendants of Mohenjodaro culture and stone age civilisation. They had matriarchal system of family. Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam are the Dravidian family languages.
• Mongoloids or Kirat came from North China via Tibet. They settled down in North Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim and West Bengal. They had yellow complexion, fiat face, chubby cheeks and almond-shaped eyes.
• Alpine, Dinarik and Armenoid migrated from Central Asia. They are found among the tribals in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bengal and Odisha.
• The Nordic-Aryans were the creators of the Aryan civilisation in India. They were concentrated in North-west region named ‘Sapta-Sindhu’.