The empire of India . ment of featureat least equal to that upon which Europeans pridethemselves. It is conjectured that the tribe whichcolonised this tract brought their women with Aryan blood also appears in a considerable propor-tion of Brahmin families. For the rest the invaders seemto have interbred with the Dravidians around them,developing a mixed race which forms the greater part ofthe population of Northern India. But a Tartar elementis also prominent here—especially amongst the Moham-medans—derived from the Tartar (or Moghal) invasionswhich during later centuries poured acr
The empire of India . ment of featureat least equal to that upon which Europeans pridethemselves. It is conjectured that the tribe whichcolonised this tract brought their women with Aryan blood also appears in a considerable propor-tion of Brahmin families. For the rest the invaders seemto have interbred with the Dravidians around them,developing a mixed race which forms the greater part ofthe population of Northern India. But a Tartar elementis also prominent here—especially amongst the Moham-medans—derived from the Tartar (or Moghal) invasionswhich during later centuries poured across the north-western frontier. The people of Western India (the Mah-rattas) exhibit some peculiar physical features : theydiffer markedly from Aryans and Dravidians in thebreadth of their heads, a feature which they are supposed * The references to scenery in the early Vedic hymns give morethan fanciful support to the theory that the Aryans came fromRussia. Snow was familiar, and so were pine and birch trees. 124.
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