[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955) › c8.24 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.24 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.24 - **Language:** English ### [c8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.24) Next must be mentioned the proto-Australoid element with long heads, protruding faces, broad flat noses and pronounced brow-ridges. There is no early evidence from India supporting the presence of this element; but evidence from neighbouring lands, too complicated to be set out here, strongly supports the assumption of its presence in India. There is no doubt that the bronze figure of a dancing girl from Mohenjo-Daro has unmistakable proto-Australoid features; her coiffure is strongly reminiscent of the coiffure of the present-day proto-Australoid jungle-folk of Central and Southern India. In South India this element generally entered into the composition of the so-called exterior castes and forms the basis of jungle-folk like the Chenchus, Malayans, Kādars, Kurumbas, and Yeruvas. - [Previous: c8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.23) - [Next: c8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.25) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.24) · Pramāṇa