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
:
http://rajputana.htmlplanet.com/
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