Talk:Dravidian people

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  • A map of a distribution of Dravidian speaking people now and then RaveenS
  • A section on peculiar 'Dravidian social customes such as

1. Cross cousin marrieges 2. Fertility cults 3. XXXXX as oppsed to those who speak Indo-Aryan or Austric languages in South Asia ?RaveenS
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[edit] Relation to Africans and Australians

Uh, Dravidians ARE closely related to Africans and Australians. This is supported by the fact that a migration wave of humans related to modern Australians moving through India: Recent single-origin hypothesis

Along with the works of Carleton S. Coon: Australoid

This, which shows heavy genetic admixture from Australoid groups throughout India, more and more prevalent the farther south you go: http://members.tripod.com/%7Etanmoy/bengal/races.html

Along with http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/pasa.html and http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/bengal.html.

Yes, I know the last two links are from an afro-centric historian site, but the Australoid/African admixture in India is undeniable. It's different from afrocentric crackpots grabbing at straws over the facial features of Egyptian statues or saying Aristotle stole from Alexandria, or that Beethoven was half-black. This is real and should be included.

If we can find credible sources then we can create a sub section under 'modern views to talk about the Australian link RaveenS

[edit] Organized the article

I took the liberty to organize the article as it was a jumble of too many views sometimes not relating to the subject matter on hand. Please forgive me for any transgressions. I think the article is better now. We still have to do more pruning and adding to make it truly encyclopedic.RaveenS

[edit] Views from Pakistan and Bangladesh

I have read official documentations (such as tourist advertisement in Newsweek by the Government of B'desh) that claims the people of Bangaldesh are Dravidian although they speak Indo-Aryan lanaguage. Pakistani websites claiming that the substratum of all Pakistani languages are Dravidian and thus they are not Aryan but Dravidian. These have to incorporated as part of the Political ramifications section.

[edit] "Racial classification"

I doubt that the recently added reference Khan, Hayat. Differences between Pakistanis and Indians. 2006. August 26, 2006. http://www.geocities.com/pak_history/differences.html is of significance. An essay on a GeoCities homepage? Looks like a bad joke. Also, is it intended to be a reference for what classical anthropologists did in the past or a reference for an assumed fact? --Pjacobi 14:23, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, should be removed. Is not credible RaveenS 14:43, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dravidians and Vedic culture

This is about the definition of what and who are Dravidian people, if such a concept is exits. About the prevalence of Vedic culture in South India, it is a different subject matter altogether and I have created a stub and linked it here. Please expand it properly. Thanks RaveenS

Also the external links about Aryan Dravidian controversy belong in the appropriate linked article called Arayna Invasion theory (history and controversy). 64.201.162.1

[edit] Removing fair use images

The images that are provided with this article, are not covered by a free license. They have been uploaded on fair use claims, which do not allow them to be used on this article. Their use would amount to copyright violation. Thus, I am removing the pictures from the article. Please do not revert back. Thank you.-- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK 04:43, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I bet you were dinner monitor in school or register collector.... ;)

[edit] Merge Proposal

These articles appear to be about the same subject, or close enough for a merge considering the small size of the Dravida article. Thoughts? Brad T. Cordeiro 19:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes it should be merged. It's the same subject. Paul B 22:15, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

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(moved from article page by BostonMA talk 14:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC))

There could be some logic to this. As in the tamil (the oldest dravidian language)tongue, the word for homeland is 'Ur'. Ur was the first city of the world in the Middle East region. Other aspect, perhaps by the sea expeditions of the South Indian Kings, is the remarkable cultural similiarities between the people of East Asia and South Indians.

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