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

TribalsTribalsTribalsTribals in in in in

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