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except Eastern Bengal, were represented. The number of persons in each group 

 varied from sLx to eighteen. Tlie maximum length and breadth of the head and 

 the stature were measured in each case. The average dimensions of each group 

 and the standard deviations of these dimensions have been calculated. The results 

 are given in the annexed table. When the groups are plotted out on a chart, using 

 the average length and breadth of head as co-ordinates, they arrange themselves in 

 five main divisions: I. The North-West Frontier or Mongolian ; II. The Northern 

 Plain or Aryan ; III. The Himalayan ; IV. The Eastern Deccan ; V. The Western 

 Deccan. Division I., represented by the Baluchis, is characterised by a very short 

 and broad head, and is quite distinct from all the other Indian races. The Aryans 

 (Division II.) are very long-headed. The Himalayan (Division III.) and the 

 Dravidian (Division IV.) are almost exactly alike in head dimensions, pointing to 

 the conclusion that they both belonged to the same pre-Aryan race, and were 

 separated by the Aryan invasion. The inhabitants of the Western and Central 

 Deccan (Division V.) have much shorter heads than the Eastern Dravidians, 

 which points to an immigration on the west coast of a Mongolian race by sea, 

 or by land from Persia or Baluchistan, The smallest deviations are exhibited by 

 the highest castes, such as the Brahmans and the Rajputs, and by geographically 

 isolated races such as the Dogras, Goorkhas, and Pathans ; and the_ greatest devia- 

 tions by Mohammedans and Sikhs, where caste does not exist to prevent 

 admixture with other races. 



Table of Measurements and Deviations. 



Baluchis 



Brahmans 



Afridis . 



Pathans or Afghans 



Punjab Mohammedans 



Sikhs . 



Jats 



Rajputs, Hindu 



„ Moliammedan 

 „ Marwari 



Dogras . 



Goorkhas 

 Garhwali 



Mohammedans 

 Tamils, Madras . 



Hyderabad contingent . 

 Mahrattas . . ' . 

 Moplas 



Averages . 



I. North-AVestern Frontier or Mongolian. 

 13 1 186 1 4-27 I 155 | 3-1 1 1749 



II. Northern Plain or Aryan Races. 



5 9 



III. Himalayan Races. 



191 

 190 



1-81 

 2-18 



145 

 144 



2-85 

 4-4 



IV. Eastern Deccan. 



196 

 191 



3-98 



4-14 



144 

 144 



5-43 



2-40 



V. Western and Central Deccan. 



186 

 186 

 186 



313 

 3-99 

 2-77 



1679 

 1649 



1708 

 1740 



1807 

 1740 

 1725 



n 



"i 



3-26 



- I - 1 3-04 



— I 3-20 I 



1-35 

 2-46 



2-30 

 315 



0-63 

 1-15 

 2-25 



83-4 



73-5 

 74-5 

 76-3 

 72-7 

 73-1 

 730 

 75-4 

 73-2 

 75-8 

 74-2 



75-4 

 75-9 



73-5 

 75-4 



78-a 



790 

 77-5 



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