ANTHROPOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

Skin Colour :

The Rajputs belong to the dolicocephalic (long-headed) Caucasoid races. The preceding Indo-Aryans consisted of two stocks: an older, mainly brachycephalic branch of `Outer Aryans', and inner dolicocephalic branch of `Inner Aryans' which in turn displaced the Outer Aryans. The broad-headed Aryans, or Early Aryans, are the first to have entered India, and are those who have had the most direct confrontation with the preceding Sudroid (Dravidoid-Kolarian-Untouchable) populations. The broad-headed Aryans comprise the Utkalic, Bhojpuric, Mithilic and Marathic races which form a band surrounding the inner band of Aryans. The inner band of long-headed or Later Aryans consists of Brahminoids, Brajics, Kayasthas and Koshalics who represent a subsequent wave of Aryanisation, namely Brahmanisation which occurred as a further superposition upon the preceding Early Aryans..

The Rajputs and related Scythic races are tall and fair, resembling closely their Scythic forbears :

 

"The Agniculas [ Rajputs ] are of good stature, and fair, with prominent features like those of the Parthian Kings."

 

[ Tod.II.357 ]

 

This characteristic alone, whilst not excluding any possible Inner Aryan origin, does exclude any proposed Outer Aryan descent.

 

Nasal Index :

The Nasal Index of Rajputs clearly shows that they are leptorrhine (thin-nosed) Caucasoids, distinguishable from the mainly mesorrhine Caucasoid Early Indo-Aryans :

 

"It is a singular fact that there is no available date beyond the 4th century for any of the great Rajput families, all of whom are brought from the North. This was the period of one of the grand irruptions of the Getic races from Central Asia, who established kingdoms in the Punjab and on the Indus. `Pal' or `Pali', the universal adjunct to every proper name, indicates the pastoral race of these invaders."

 

-- [ Tod.II.2.n4 ]

Race
Nasal Index
Nasal Type
Indo-Aryan (Arya)
Brahman (Bengal)
70.3
Sub-leptorrhine
Brahman (Bihar)
73.2
Sub-leptorrhine
Brahman (Bhojpur)
74.6
Sub-leptorrhine
Rajput
71.6
Sub-leptorrhine
Kayasth (Bengal)
70.3
Sub-leptorrhine
Jat
68.8
Leptorrhine
Vaisya (Bania)
79.6
Sub-leptorrhine
Gujjar
66.9
Leptorrhine
Sikhs
68.8
Leptorrhine [ Ris 28-9 ]
Sudroid (Indian Negroids, comprising Dalits and Dravidians)
Paniyans (Malabar)
95.1
Platyrrhine
Santal
88.8
Platyrrhine
Munda
89.9
Platyrrhine
Kol
82.2
Sub-platyrrhine
Kadia
89.8
Platyrrhine
Vellala
73.1
Sub-platyrrhine
Tamil Brahman
76.7
Sub-platyrrhine
Asur (Lohardaga)
95.9
Platyrrhine
Bhil
84.1
Sub-platyrrhine
Pariah
80.0
Sub-platyrrhine
Irula
80.9
Sub-platyrrhine
Kadia
89.8
Platyrrhine
Musahar
88.7
Platyrrhine
Chamar
86.0
Platyrrhine
Dom
83.0
Sub-platyrrhine
-- [ Ris App. III p.395 ff ]

The above data, taken from one of the greatest anthropologists to have ever set foot in India, Sir. Risley, show that the Scythians have leptorrhine nasal indices, whilst Indo-Aryans fall into two categories : one mainly sub-leptorrhine and leptorrhine, comprising the Brahmins, Kayasthas and other Later Aryans, and the mesorrhine Outer Aryans comprising the Bhojpuric, Mithilic, Gaudic and Utkalic peoples. This physical feature is closely related to the brachycephalism (broad-headedness) displayed by most Early or Outer Indo-Aryans.

 

Source :

 

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