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The greatest height was 144 mm. in the skull of a male 

 Pathan (1250). Three skulls measured 141 mm., viz. Hindoo male 

 (1213), Chuhra male (1222), and Mussulman Jat (1249). The 

 least height was 119 mm. in the skull of a male Panjabi Mussul- 

 man. That of a male Musahar was 120 mm. 



The greatest bizygomatic breadth was 136 mm. in the skull of 

 a male Pathan (1250). The skull of a male Sansi (1223) came 

 next with 135 mm. The least were in the skull of a Rajput male 

 (1225) 111 mm., and a male Musahar (1220) 114 mm. 



The greatest bimaxillary diameter is 105 mm, in the skull of 

 a Sansi male (1223). The next is 102 in that of a male Pathan 

 (1250). The least is 85 mm. in that of a Panjabi Mussulman 

 (1227). 



The largest minimum frontal diameter is 104 mm. in a male 

 Pathan skull (1250): the least is 87 mm. in four skulls. 



The greatest fronto-malar chord was 101 mm. in three skulls; 

 the longest fronto-malar arc was 111 mm. The least chord was 

 87 mm. in the skull of a female of indefinite caste from the 

 N.-W. Provinces (1224); and the smallest arc 96 mm. in the skull 

 of a male Pathan (1252). 



The interorbital length, as measured by distance from dacryon 

 to dacryon, ranged from 29 mm. in the male Pathan skull (1250), 

 to 17 mm. in two skulls; in seventeen it varied between 20 mm. 

 and 25 mm. 



The longest nasal length was 56 mm., the shortest 40 mm. 

 The greatest width was 29 mm., and the least 20 mm. 



The greatest height of the orbit was 41 mm., and the least 

 35 mm. The greatest width was 30 mm., and the least 29 mm. 



The greatest length of the palate was 58 mm. and occurred in 

 one skull, the least was 47 mm. The greatest width was 

 64 mm., and the least 54 mm. The greatest nasio-mental length 

 was 116 mm., the least nasio-mental length was 98 mm. 



The greatest nasio-alveolar length was 77 mm., the least was 

 56 mm. 



The greatest basio-alveolar length was 101 mm., the least was 

 86 mm., in two skulls. 



The greatest nasio-basial length was 108 mm., the least was 

 93 mm. and occurred in four skulls. 



The greatest horizontal circumference was 533 mm. Next to 

 this come two skulls with 530 mm. The least was 468 mm., and 

 next to it come 475 mm., 477 mm., and 478 mm. 



The greatest longitudinal circumference was 597 mm. Next 

 to this come 594 mm. and 590 mm. The least was 520 mm., and 

 next to it come 532 mm., 535 mm. and 542 mm. 



Cephalic index. 



This index ranges from 68"20 to 85*32. Eighteen of the skulls 



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