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absolutely of tlie brachycephals, while we have to dis- 

 tinguish between the brachycephals, with truly Mongoloid 

 affinity affinity which is revealed by ether characteristics 

 and the brachycephals with Pamirian, that is to say, 

 European, affinity, who have nothing to do -with the 

 former. In Nepal and in Assam, where "Men with Mon- 

 goloid physiognomy still predominate," [ it is justifiable 

 to ascribe the brachycephals that are found there and 

 they are a minority to Mongolian infiltration and there- 

 fore to call them Mongoloids, It is the mesorrhine, plato- 

 pic, brachycephalic type, oL' low stature and yellowish 

 complexion whom Kisley himself found along the Northern 

 and Eastern frontiers of Bengal." 



But the Brah mans mentioned above measured by 

 Chanda did not show any Mongolian feature, and Chanda 

 excludes it in general from the Bengalis and Oriyas, who, 

 against llisley's hypothesis, possess neither the Mongolian 

 nor the Dravidian type. This proves, in fact, that the 

 above hypothesis is inconsistent, since the invasion by 

 Mongolians and in large numbers would have to pre- 

 cede the introduction of the Aryan language and culture 

 in the territories of Bengal and Oiissa; but not one argu- 

 ment is there that would favour such a prehistoric Mongo- 

 lian migration, and on the other hand also a Mongolian 

 invasion could be composed of mesaticephalic people as 

 it has been in the case of the Avars in Europe, and it is 

 high time to do away with the prejudice that a Mongolian 

 invasion and an invasion by brachycephals are one and 

 the same thing. 



The same inconsistency is presented by the explanation 

 that Risley offers for the brachycephals in the western 



1 CHANOA (II.), of,, rit-., p. OS. Nevertheless the major part of these 



do not show the brachyc'ephalfo skull : see Table II at the end of this sketch. 



'- KlsLKY (H. H,), The >V ,1,1,1 <,f KHin,iln,iti i>, Imlln. " .roiirn.'A uthrop. hist." XX. 

 18H1, p. 'J5S, 



