"The south Indians are believed to have descended from the longheaded
Mediterranean people who came to India about 4500 years ago. Racially
they are not related to the north Indians who are the descendants of
the Aryans who settled in India 1000 years later.
The states of south India are among the most developed ones in the
country. In literacy rates, the state of Kerala has been setting an
exemplary trend with near 100% literacy rate. Likewise, in the
crusade against rising population, the south Indian states have taken
a lead over others with very low rate of population growth owing to
their family planning measures.
At least three states of South India are being hailed as the leaders
in the Information Technology revolution. Bangalore, capital of the
state of Karnataka is now called the Silicon Valley of India because
of its international standard software companies. Tamil Nadu is also
fast catching up with its neighbour state and giving it the run for
its money. Andhra Pradesh, under the leadership of a visionary Chief
Minister is blazing new trends with its promising mission of e-
governance.
Kerala, God's Own Country is a green paradise. The land of elephants,
coconuts and Kathakali is known for its serene scenic beauty. The
hospitality of its people is legendary."
mapsindia.com/overview/southzone.htmObviously much of it is quite ignorant, such as the "not related"
bunk (though I suppose it's common among Northies), but
this "Mediterranean" correlation with South India keeps popping up:
"
DRAVIDIANS
There is general agreement among ethnologists that the Dravidian
population is a branch of the Mediterranean race, or at least a
closely allied one. while the Mediterranean race is White, the
Dravidians are much darker, ranging from the dark Greek and Italian
complexion to black. There is also a wide range of difference in the
shape of the skull, the color and texture of the hair, the color of
the eyes, and the shape of the nose. These deviations can be
explained with a probable interbreeding between the Dravidians and
Mundas, as it is still taking place in the Chotanagpur region between
the Dravidian Oraons and the neighboring Mundas.
The Dravidians entered India before the Aryans, before 2000 B.C.,
after passing through Mesopotamia, Iran, and Baluchistan where the
Brahuis, a Dravidian race, still live. On grounds of cultural
affinities such as inheritance through women, snake cults,
organization of society, and structure of temples, some historians
connect the Dravidians with the Elamites and Mesopotamians. The
evidence of Indian skulls from the Indus Valley indicates that the
Mediter-ranean stock became established in north India before the
Harappab Civilisation came into existence around 2000 B.C.
Granted that the Dravidians were,originally Mediterraneans and that
they passed through Mesopotamia, Iran, and Baluchistan, exactly from
which Mediter-ranean region did they come?
Of particular significance is archeologist B. B. Lal's contention
that the Dravidians probably came from Nubia, Upper Egypt. This
theory would give them among other things their Mediterranean
features and dark complexion. Lal writes: "At Timos the Indian team
dug up several megalithic sites of ancient Nubians which bear an
uncanny resemblance to the cemeteries of early Dravidians which are
found all over Western India from Kathiawar to Cape Comorin. The
intriguing similarity extends from the subterranean structure found
near them. Even the earthenware ring-stands used by the Dravidians
and Nubians to hold pots were identical." According to Lal, the
Nubian megaliths date from around 1000 B.C.
The linguistic studies of scholars like S. K. Chatterji have
discovered many cognate words in ancient Egyptian and Nubian
languages and Tamil. Fur-ther, the new findings on the Indus
heiroglyphics by M. V. N. Krishna Rao, Fateh Singn, H. S. Parpola, K.
A. Parpola, S. J. Koskenniemi, and Yu. Knorozov claim to have
deciphered the script in terms of Proto-Dravidian and thus confirm
the findings of the venerable Indian historian Father Heras that the
Harappan people spoke a Dravidian language in the third millennium
B.C.
My own comparative analysis of the Dravidian myth of Kovalan and
Kannaki celebrated in the ancient Tamil Shilappadikaram with the
ancient Egyptian myth of Osiris and Isis confirms the Egyptian origin
of the ancient Dravidians. These two myths are very similar in
content and help explain each other and argue for a common ethnic
origin. The long ships used by the Egyptians in the third millennium
B.C. could have easily carried the Dravidians to the banks of the
Indus River and/or all the way to South India. The sea-route-however,
does not exclude the possibility of the early Dravidians taking a
land route from the Phoenician shores through Iran and Baluchistan to
India. No wonder, similar hieroglyphic writings are found both in
Egypt and India."
www.gotop10.com/KJ/khdravidians.html