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upper jaw was orthognathous, only one specimen was prognathous ; 
as a rule the orbit was low or microseme ; the palato-alveolar arch 
was brachyuranic, and the face was short in relation to its width. 
Tiie cranial characters therefore supported the conclusions drawn 
by Mr Easley from the examination of living persons. 
The skulls of the KAm&r, Ahir-Goala and Teli castes also pos- 
sessed Dravidian characters. The LohAr skull again, from its 
leptorhine nasal index, showed an Aryan feature. 
The crania of the Uriy4-speaking people had mixed characters, 
as if there had been an intermingling of Aryans with Hinduised 
aborigines, and possibly traces of a brachycephalic stock. 
A comparison was made between the Dravidian skulls and those 
of the aboriginal Australians. Although both are dolichocephalic 
and platyrhine, yet in many other respects, more especially in 
their greater absolute length, their more roof-shaped crania, the 
degree of projection of the glabella, the depressed nasion, the 
prognathic upper jaw, the elongated palate, and the coarse, large 
teeth, the Australians differed from the Dravidians in important 
characters. 
