Risley's Classification of Indian Races

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Risley's Classification of Indian Races

Sir Herbert Risley, the Census Superintendent of India, 1901, made a pioneering effort and classified the Indian races into seven groups as follows:

1. Indo-Aryans 2. Dravidians 3. The Mongoloids 4. Aryo-Dravidian 5. The Mongolo-Dravidians 6. The Scytho-Dravidians 7. The Turko-Iranian

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