[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c15.167 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.167 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.167 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c15.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c15.167) It must not be assumed that the speakers of the Dravidian languages are aborigines. In Southern India, as in the North, the same general distinction exists between the more primitive tribes of the hills and jungles and the civilised inhabitants of the fertile tracts; and some ethnologists hold that the difference is racial and not merely the result of culture. Mr Thurston, for instance, says: - [Previous: v1.c15.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c15.166) - [Next: v1.c15.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c15.168) - [Up: v1.c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c15.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c15.167) · Pramāṇa