Ethnicity and Religious Heritage

Author(s): T U Mehta
Publisher: T U Mehta

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Pre-Historical Beginning of Culture in India
1. Negrito 2. Proto-Australoid 3. Mongoloid
4. The Mediterraneans
5. Alphinoid
6. Nordic
Out of these six races, the Nigritos are believed to be the first human inhabitants of India. They belonged to the culture of Mesolithic Age.
However, decision of this question, based purely on authorpological studies, is not possible for arriving at the formulation of any definite theory, because, as pointed out by Shri D. K. Sen in his work "Ancient races of India and Pakistan- A study of methods", concepts of race without the application of scientific concept of population genetics, is always incomplete, and tentative.
As noted above Nigritos are believed to be the first human inhabitants of India. It is believed that these people came to India by the cost-line of Iran and Arabia via Africa. One branch of this race is believed to have migrated to Australia from India