Dravidians in India
Some people claim that the Dravadians originally
inhabited the Northern part of India and were later
pushed to the southern part of the country by the
Aryans. Hence about 28% of Indians are Dravidians
and reside in South India with one of the
Dravadian languages as their main language, which
includes, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and
Tulu. The Dravidian language has three subgroups,
namely North Dravidian, Central Dravidian and South
Dravidian. In present day India, the states of Andhra
Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu are the
significant regions with a Dravidian population, the rest
72% are Aryans, residing in North India. The difference
in the origin of these languages is the reason of the
different South and North Indian accents. We know
very little about the Dravidian people in India, who
used to reside in the country before the Aryans invaded
Northern India from Iran and Southern Russia.
It is believed by some linguists that the Dravidian
people were well spread all across the Indian sub
continent and it is because of this that the Indus Valley
civilization (Harappa and Mohenjo Daro) is also
referred to as a Dravidian civilization, but whether the
Indus Valley civilization is Dravidian or not is still
controversial.
Dravidian people residing in present day Central India
are tribal people known as Gond people, Kannadigaru
Dravidians are from Karnataka, northern Kerala and
southern Maharashtra, and northwest Tamil Nadu,
Kondha Dravidians are from eastern Indian states of
Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, Kodavas Dravidian people
from Karnataka and northern Kerala. Then there are
Kurukh, Malayali, Tamil, Telugus and Tuluvas people
who belong to Dravidians in India.
Dravidians were actually peace loving farmers and they
were not trained in any kind of warfare. It is believed
that when the Aryans invaded India, they pushed the
Dravidians to the Southern part, as the Aryans were
skilled fighters and came prepared with weapons and
chariots. Also Dravidians, had a very sophisticated
culture and used to worship all forms of life like herbs,
and plants. With the coming of the Aryans, the concept
of heaven and God came into existence which
dramatically changed society.
Not much is known about the Dravidians, so
only archaeological and linguistic studies are the main
source of information about them. Dravidian people
have dark complexion, dark black hair and eyes and
large foreheads. Because of structural similarities, it is
also believed that Dravidians has an African origin. As
per this anthropological and genetic data, these people
migrated from Africa and reached South India via the
southern route about 50,000 years ago. Because of
rivers and fertile soil they stayed in India in large
numbers, than other parts of world.
But there are many theories and studies that explain the
origin of Dravidians, their link to Africa, Aryan
invasion and Dravidian’s migration to South India. But
all the theories state the fact that Dravidians were a very
classy and skilled race of people.
