Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c29.4

c29.4

Mr. Smith is of opinion that they were of Mongolian origin like the Tibetans. "I believe" [he writes] 'that as late as the "early centuries A.C. the population of India was largely of Tibetan "affinities, snub-nosed people—see the Bharhut and Sānchī sculptures. The Lichchhavis certainly were such, and the customs "of hill-men give the best clue to the working of the *gaṇas*. I "think both Buddha and Mahāvīra were essentially hill-men of "semi-Mongolian type, even if they did adopt Magian features "into their teaching. You may, of course, quote me as you propose "to do."