[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) › c8.31 # A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.31 A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c8.31 - **Language:** English ### [c8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.31) The fact that Andhradeśa and Kerala—Andhradeśa to a lesser degree than Kerala—are free from the round-headed (Alpine-Armenoid) element, shows that it came in by way of Sind, Gujarat and Mahārāshtra, and broke into Tamilnad over south-eastern Mysore. If numbers be any criterion, the round-heads who constitute a small percentage when compared with the basic long-heads (proto-Mediterranean and Mediterranean) are later arrivals in India—a conclusion supported by the evidence on the succession of race strata elsewhere. - [Previous: c8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.30) - [Next: c8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.32) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sastri-1955.c8.31) · Pramāṇa