Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . hern region in isolated Sontals, who are the eastern-most representatives of the race, oc-cupy the extreme eastern edge of thetable-land of Central India, next tothe valley of the Ganges. On thewest, at a distance of four hundredmiles, dwell the Kurkus, separatedfrom their kinsmen by mountainranges, great forests, and interven-ing tribes of Dravidians and Aryandescendants. In Northern India, Madras, and
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . hern region in isolated Sontals, who are the eastern-most representatives of the race, oc-cupy the extreme eastern edge of thetable-land of Central India, next tothe valley of the Ganges. On thewest, at a distance of four hundredmiles, dwell the Kurkus, separatedfrom their kinsmen by mountainranges, great forests, and interven-ing tribes of Dravidians and Aryandescendants. In Northern India, Madras, andOrissa are found the remnants of theSavars, a degenerate and & Place of the mendicant people, re- Savars;Koia- t 1 , , -, 1 r rian languages. duced to the rank of serv-ants, yet their name was known inthe earliest ages of history, and is .SPECIMEN PAGE OF TAMIL BOOK. India, especially Bengal, by the north-east passes of the mountains. Theirhabitation geographically is along thenorthern and eastern edges of the trian-gular table-land constituting the south-ern half of India. The difference between the Kolarians & ih-Ai-AyV ^> s*) r v- l ? i^^Vr^-N 7-/:;-^ , V;-. \. wmm :*?* < .-:- 686 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. long geographically to the slopes of theHimalayas, to the valley of Assam, andTribal and iin- to Burmah. The latter^n^o/the country is wholly occupiedIndo-Chinese. by people of this stock. InNorthern Bengal there are certain lowcastes, half Hindu and half Kolarian intheir characteristics, who are also thoughtto be Indo-Chinese. It is evident that this
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