are dravidians of african origin?
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The Dravidian and Siddi people came from Africa (Winters, 2007a, 2008a,2008b,2010). The Dravidians belonged to the C-group people (Winters, 2007, 2008b). They migrated to Iran and India after 2600BC. The Dravidians carry African haplogroups M1 and y-chromosomes (Winters, 2008b,2010).
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The Jats are "not" a race. They are one of about 5000 ethnic groups in the world, concentrated primarily in the Indian subcontinent.
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Linguistically, Tamil Brahmins are Dravidians. Culturally, Tamil Brahmins are primarily Dravidian, secondary Indo-Aryan (Sanskrit). Racially, there are some Tamil Brahmin displaying Caucasoid-Dravidoid mixtures in various degrees. Many Tamil Brahmins are pure Dravidoids though.
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Where livestock hailed from. The colonial view relied on the fact that livestock are not native to southern Africa. The wild ancestors of African sheep, goats and cattle were all first domesticated in southwestern Asia and cattle perhaps also in northeastern Africa.
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The majority of the people in South India speak one of the four major Dravidian languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
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New Study Confirms European Gypsies Are Descendants Of Indian Dalits! It has long been believed that the Roma people, also called Romani or Gypsies, in Europe are of Indian descent. ... The 'doma' are believed to have primarily lived in Rajasthan and Punjab and migrated to Europe between the 6th-11th Century AD.
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The social historical theory explains the creation of the Varnas, Jats and of the untouchables. According to this theory, the caste system began with the arrival of the Aryans in India. The Aryans arrived in India around 1500 BC.
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The Birla family origins lie with the Maheshwari caste of Vaishya traders but they were outcast from their traditional community in 1922 when one of their member, Rameshwar Das Birla, was thought to have broken the caste marriage rules. They are Marwari and by convention merchants from Rajasthan are termed Marwari.
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Is telugu language originated from tamil? The Telugu language is not derived from Tamil. Telegu is one of the Dravidian languages, originated along with Gondi (spoken in Madhya Pradesh) and Kovi(spoken in Orissa). It is mainly spoken by the people in the southeastern state of India - Andra Pradesh and Telangana.
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Indian (Panjab and Rajasthan) : Hindu (Arora, Bania, Khatri), Jain, and Sikh name, from Panjabi bəjāj or bəzāz 'clothier', from Arabic bazzāz. The Aroras, Khatris, and also the Banias have clans called Bajaj. See also Arora, Khatri.
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Roma (Gypsies) originated in the Punjab region of northern India as a nomadic people and entered Europe between the eighth and tenth centuries C.E. They were called "Gypsies" because Europeans mistakenly believed they came from Egypt. This minority is made up of distinct groups called "tribes" or "nations."
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Gupta family. The Gupta family is a wealthy Indian-born family, with business interests in South Africa, whose most notable members are the brothers Ajay, Atul, Rajesh "Tony" Gupta as well as Atul Gupta's nephews Varun, and US-based Ashish and Amol.
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The Ezhavas are a caste/community of Kerela. Other than being genetic related to the Sri Lankan Tamils like the other communities in Tamil Nadu and Kerela, they may have had some historical relations. ... Eelam is the name for Sri Lanka in Tamil, but can also mean toddy in Tamil and Malayalam.
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Adinkra symbols were originally created by the Bono people of Gyaman, an Akan people of Ghana and Ivory Coast. Gyaman King Nana Kwadwo Agyemang Adinkra originally created or designed these symbols and named it after himself 'Adinkra'. The Adinkra symbols were largely used on pottery, stools etc by the people of Bono.
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Anglo-Indian, in India, a citizen of mixed Indian and, through the paternal line, European ancestry. From roughly the 18th to the early 20th century, the term referred specifically to British people working in India.
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The origins of Hinduism are from Dravidian's and the Aryan people. The beliefs of Hinduism consist of reincarnation, dharma, and karma. The practices of Hinduism includes mediation and yoga.
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Brighton Ngoma. 1. Brighton has a Xhosa and Swiss heritage which makes him multiracial. He doesn't speak xhosa though because he was raised by the Swiss side of his family in Johannesburg, South Africa.