The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.166

v1.c15.166

This was assumed by Risley to be 'the original type of the population of India, now modified to a varying extent by the admixture of Āryan, Scythian, and Mongoloid elements.' It must be remembered, however, that, when the term 'Dravidian' is thus used ethnographically, it is nothing more than a convenient label.