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GUHA’S ( 1931) RACIAL CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN CLASSIFICATION OF INDIAN
TRIBES
THE NEGRITO
• SHORT STATURE
• BLACK SKIN COLOUR
• BLACK WOOLY HAIR
• THIN LIPS
• BROAD NOSE
RACIAL FEATURES
LOCATION• BROAD NOSE
• ANDAMAN ISLANDS
• ASSAM
• RAJMAHAL HILLS OF EASTERN BIHAR
THE PROTO - AUSTRALOID
• SHORT TO MEDIUM
STATURE
• LONG AND HIGH HEAD
• BROAD AND SMALL FACE
• SMALL FLATTENED NOSE
• THICK JAWS
RACIAL FEATURES
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Central India Central India Central India Central India
and some South and some South and some South and some South
Indian Tribes Indian Tribes Indian Tribes Indian Tribes • THICK JAWS
• LARGE TEETH
• SMALL CHINS
Indian Tribes Indian Tribes Indian Tribes Indian Tribes
like like like like ChenchuChenchuChenchuChenchu, , , ,
BhillsBhillsBhillsBhills are are are are
included in this included in this included in this included in this
type type type type
They cultivated rice and vegetables and made sugar from
sugarcane.
THE MONGOLOID
These people are found
in the North eastern part
of India in the states of
Assam, Nagaland,
Mizoram, Meghalaya,
Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, and Tripura.
They are also found in
Northern parts of West
Bengal, Sikkim, and
Ladakh.
• YELLOWISH SKIN
COLOUR
• STRAIGHT AND DARK
HAIR
• FLAT NOSE
• PROMINENT CHEEK
RACIAL FEATURES
• PROMINENT CHEEK
BONES
• ALMOND SHAPED EYES Naga, Naga, Naga, Naga, ChakmaChakmaChakmaChakma, , , ,
LepchaLepchaLepchaLepcha are are are are
important tribes important tribes important tribes important tribes
of of of of MonoloidMonoloidMonoloidMonoloid
racial groupracial groupracial groupracial group
THE PALEO MONGOLOID
Long and broad
headed
Mongoloid people Mongoloid people
found in Siberia
and North
Western Asia. Few
of them are in
India as well
THE MEDITERRANEAN OR DRAVADIAN
RACIAL FEATURES
• VERY DARK
COMPLEXION
• PLENTIFUL HAIR
WITH SLIGHT WITH SLIGHT
CURLS
• BROAD NOSE
• DARK EYES
• LONG HEAD
THE WESTERN BRACHYCEPHALS
The Western
Brachycephals (pronounced
as brak-ee-suh-fal-ik), the
category of broad category of broad
headed people, includes
the Alpinoids, Dinarics
and Armenoids. The
Parsis and Kodavas also
fall in this category.
i) Alpinoids represented by Gujarati Banias,
Kathis of
Kathiawar and Kayasthas of Bengal.
(ii) Dinaric represented 'by populations of
Alpinoids, Dinaric and Armenoid
(ii) Dinaric represented 'by populations of
Bengal,
Orissa and/Coorg (Karnataka).
(iii) Armenoids represented by Parsis, Bengali
Vaidyas
and Kayasthas.
Nordics or Indo-Aryans
This group were the last
one to immigrate to
India. They came to
India somewhere India somewhere
between 2000 and 1500
B.C. They are now
mainly found in the
northern and central
part of India..
RACIAL FEATURES
• TALL STATURE
• FAIR COMPLEXION
• DARK EYES
• LONG HEADS• LONG HEADS
• NARROW AND LONG NOSE
These tribes are now mainly found in the North West
(Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Punjab, Maharashtra and
Rajasthan ) and the North West Frontier Province
(NWFP). Many of these tribes belong to the "upper
castes".
MAJOR TRIBES IN INDIA
There are seven tribes in India with
population of one lakh and above:
1. The Gonds
2. The Bhills2. The Bhills
3. The Santhals
4. The Minas
5. The Oraons
6. The Mundas
7. The Khonds