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Indian Ethnicity and Religious Heritage
Q. Who were the first inhabitants of India in PreHistoric period preceeding the period of Indus Valley civilization?
The Negritos appear to have been food gatherers rather than food producers. Comment and discuss about the few surviving tribes of Negritos in India. These questions are inter-related and hence taken together.
The evidence of skeletal remains of early man belonging to pre-historic period prior to Indus valley civilization is so scanty that it is very difficult to postulate with certainty about the racial movements of people in India in two to four millemium B.C.
According to Dr. Radha Kumud Mukherji the human races of the world can generally be divided into three categories in accordance with the colour of their skin. They are (1) white called Caucasians, (2) yellow called Mongoloids and (3) Black called Negritos. The Indian nation consists of all the three types of reaces.
However, the most authoritative view in this
connection, shows as under:
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