Who conquered the Dravidians?
One theory is that the Dravidians escaped into the hills after the first Aryan invasion, making the hills the safe ground for the Dravidians. The Aryans, being familiar with farming and cattle breeding, had the incentive to clear the lowlands in cooperation with the Dravidians.
When did Dravidians reach India?
Because of structural similarities, it is also believed that Dravidians has an African origin. As per this anthropological and genetic data, these people migrated from Africa and reached South India via the southern route about 50,000 years ago.
Who were the Aryans and Dravidians?
Aryans were fair skinned, tall, and spoke a different language from Dravidians who were dark, short and spoke Dravidian language. Recent excavations have proved that Aryans arrived in India much later (1500 BC) while Indian society has been divided into castes much before (around 7000 BC).
What is difference between Dravidian and Aryan?
Is Krishna a Dravidian God?
Etymologically speaking, the Sanskrit word ‘Krishna’ means black or dark. At times, it is also translated as “all attractive”. According to Vedas, Lord Krishna is a dark-skinned Dravidian god.
Is Dravida the first language?
The Dravidian languages are first attested in the 2nd century BCE as Tamil-Brahmi script inscribed on the cave walls in the Madurai and Tirunelveli districts of Tamil Nadu. The Dravidian languages with the most speakers are (in descending order of number of speakers) Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam, all of which have long literary traditions.
What did the Dravidians do?
Medieval South Indian guilds and trading organisations like the “Ayyavole of Karnataka and Manigramam” played an important role in the Southeast Asia trade, and the cultural Indianisation of the region. Dravidian visual art is dominated by stylised temple architecture in major centres, and the production of images on stone and bronze sculptures.
What is Dravidian culture?
What is Dravidian culture? Dravidian people or Dravidians are the present and past speakers of any of the Dravidian languages. The origins of the Dravidians are a “very complex subject of research and debate”. They may have been indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, but origins in, or influence from, West-Asia have also been proposed.
What is the Dravidian folk religion?
The Dravidians followed and still follow the folk religion – which is a mix of Animism, Shamanism and Ancestor worship along with the mother goddess cult. Kiron Krishnan’s answer is disappointingly lopsided and lacks research. He suggests to look into Gonds, Kurukhs and Todas to find pre Vedic religion. (Note he also believes sangam age Tamils didn’t follow any pre Vedic practices)