The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c31.s9.24
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c31.s9.24
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¹ Dravidian is the English form of the adjective *Drāvida*, with the meaning 'belonging to Draviḍa, or the Tamil country.' It is applied with propriety to the territory, people, or language of the extreme south, but is wholly inapplicable to the Gonds, Kols, Bhars, and other so-called 'non-Aryan' tribes of Central India and the North. The word *Drāvida* is said to be an Aryanized form of *Tamil*, meaning 'nice' or 'sweet', as applied to the language (*Ind. Ant.*, 1912, p. 229).