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What is the significance of the Dravidians?

What is the significance of the Dravidians?

The Dravidians were the majority population across the Indian subcontinent before the second millennium. The evidence of early Dravidians comes from studying the Indo-Aryan culture, languages, and findings at many mounds, the preeminent of which are Mohenjodaro in Punjab and Harappa in Larkana District in Sind.

Where did Dravidians originated from?

The Dravidian speakers originated in Africa, in modern day Sudan [11-12]. They expanded into Iran, on into the Indus Valley, across Central Asia into the Tarim Basin and China [8-10].

Why don’t historians talk more about the Dravidians?

I think the OP knows that the Dravidians were in India before the Aryans, and is asking why historians don’t talk more about them. The answer is that Sanskrit (Aryan) scholarship has been going on in the west for centuries, while we still can’t read the Indus Valley (probably Dravidian) script.

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What is the origin of the Dravidian language?

Dravidian has been identified as one of the major language groups in the world, with Dravidian peoples dwelling in parts of central India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Southwestern Iran, Southern Afghanistan, and Nepal. The origins of the Dravidian people and language has been difficult to ascertain. Anthropologists are largely at odds.

What is the difference between Dravidians and Adi-Dravidian?

The division between Dravidians and Adi-Dravidians is purely artificial and the result of Aryan invasions, with the former choosing to adopting Aryan culture and submit as slaves to the Aryans and the latter battling the savage Aryans, retaining their freedom in the jungles.

Do Dravidians and Dalits belong to the same stock?

The latest genetic research, which conclusively proves that the Dravidians and Dalits belong to the same Negroid stock. The poisonous casteism, which the Indian iconoclasts suffering from, is entirely Aryan and Brahmanic origin. Historians have conclusively established that caste did not exist in the pre-Aryan age.