Dasyus and PaNis inRV

[Samar Abbas]

On Wed, 8 Nov 2000, Narayan R. Joshi wrote:
> Did the ancient Dravidians develop these features after entering the Indian
> sub-continent?

 Europeans have been living in Africa for centuries (eg. Afrikaners,
Kenyan whites, etc.); except for some `bronzing' of skin tone they do not
yet show any development of thick nose or curly hair, which, if at all
possible, would require at least 1000-10,000 years. Even the proposed
changeover from blonde to brunette hair has not taken place. Hence it is
likely that the Dravidians already possessed these features when entering
India.

> To the best of my knowledge, the ancient Central Asia(around 4000 BCE)
> did not show any signs of being populated by the people with features
> and skin color attached to the ancient Dravidians.

 It is hypothesised that the Dravidians were displaced from these regions
as well. Certain place-names are said to be of Dravidian origin.

Samar