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Dravidian people also Dravidians refers to the people who natively speak languages belonging to the Dravidian language family. Populations of speakers are found mostly in southern India. Other Drav...
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The extensive excavations carried out at the two principal city sites, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, both situated in the Indus basin, indicates that this Dravidian culture was well established by about 2500 B.C., and subsequent discoveries have revealed that it covered most of the Lower Indus Valley.
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The extensive excavations carried out at the two principal city sites, Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, indicates that this Dravidian culture was well established by about 2500 B.C. What we know of this ancient civilization is derived almost exclusively from archaeological data since every attempt to decipher the script used...
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From this came the additional idea that much of what we call Hindu culture was in fact Dravidian, and later borrowed by Aryans who, however, never gave the Dravidians proper credit for it.
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The second is that the culture is proto-Dravidian and therefore a part of the indigenous culture of the Indian sub-continent and, finally, that it has no relation to either Aryan or Dravidian culture and consequently no relationship to Hinduism.
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Festivals are the essential part of the Dravidian culture and heritage. Pongal is one of the most important festivals which is celebrated at the time of ...
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Ancient History question: What were the dravidian's culture Who conquered them What is the history of early India? The Dravidian cultre is very diverse. The Dravidians were the first original settlers ... Discuss the question "What were the dravidian's culture Who conquered them What is the history of early India?"
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A Mirror of Tamil and Dravidian Culture. © 1998-1999 "KOLAM", IITS University of Cologne © 2000- "newKOLAM", SASP National University Singapore & IITS ...
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The Dravidian Culture ... Tamil was the chief Dravidian language of Southern India. By the 5th century A.D. there were versions of the Epics and Puranas in Southern Indian languages. There was also a special, native cult of court poetry: love poetry - agam – considered to be subjective;
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The recent ban on sacrifices by the Government of Tamil Nadu has resulted in a rash of statements by ill-informed and motivated politicians on the Aryanisation or Brahminisation of Dravidian culture, in which gods, systems of worship and rituals have all been divided into one or another camp.
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