The Indo-Aryan Races. A Study of the Origin of Indo-Aryan People and Institutions

PAGE deified by the Sauristras and the Abhiras—Pdficaratra systematised by Sandilya—Narayaviya section of the Mahabhdrata—Cult of the Avatäras of Visvu—Rama as Avatitra—The cult of the Vy[thas superseded by the cult. of the Ayala. [...] * Dark skin short stature and broad nose indicate the physical relationship of the Bhils and the Gonds with the old Niadas on the one hands and the hill tribes of Chota-Nagpur and Orissa and the Paniyans the Kadirs the Kurubas the Sholagas the hulas the Vala Vedars and The Kanikars of Southern India on the other. [...] Three of the hill tribes of Southern India the Toda the Badaga and the Kota are Mediunosed like the civilised speakers of the Dtavidian languages the average nasal index of the Toda being 74.9 of the Badaga 75.6 and the Kota 77.2. [...] In the list of tribes dwelling in the land of the Five Rivers and in the valleys of the Ganges and the Jumna as given in the later Vedic and early Buddhist litertures neither the Yadus nor the Tarvaas find any mention. [...] The HarivanAa or the supplementary book of the Mahabharata is the chief repository of legends and traditions relating to the Andhakas and the Vrsnis the two chief branches of the Yadu stock.