Dravidians

Dravidians, name sometimes given to the peoples of S and central India and N Sri Lanka who speak Dravidian languages. They are so called for purely linguistic reasons; the peoples are of varying racial types. It is thought that Dravidian-speaking peoples may have been spread throughout the Indian subcontinent before the invasions of the Aryans.

Mongolo-Dravidians are a South Asian hybrid people of both Mongoloid and Dravidian stocks. They formed the predominant element for the population of Bangladesh, West Bengal, and Orissa.