Are the Aryans of Northern India mixed with Dravidians?

Question

I have heard that the Aryans (Indo-Europeans) of Northern India are mixed with the native Dravidians, thus the darker skin color compared to the Indo-Europeans of Europe. Are there any genetic tests that show this?

Answer 1

Nice question.

The so called Aryans...or bhadrapurush....a gentleman in Sanskrit (Hitler go eat your heart), are an interesting mix of all the races that invaded the Indus gangetic area.

However, because the northern Indians were such a mixed bunch, genetically they were hardier than the highly intellectual Dravidian's.  That persists till today.

all our astrophysicists are Dravidian's....are they not ? Oh yes the so called Aryans were and are great at farming, producing, manufacturing etc etc.

The real Nobel prize winners don't come from the mixed byproducts of rapists and looters , the so called Aryans.

I am one myself, but my hats off to all my friends and those I admire in both parts of India...north and south,

I SAY....WILL YOU SHOW ME THE UNIVERSE IF I MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOOD!

do you know what I'm trying to say?   Simply that it takes all sorts for a healthy society.

Answer 2

It's highly probably that many Northern Indians might have "Dravidian" ancestry but the darker skin of Indians is not just due to genetics. It's a myth that Europeans with darker skin have non "causcasian" ancestry.

Northern Indians probably have  darker skin for the same reason anyone else who works outodoors a lot does.

Constant exposure to high degrees of UltraViolet Radiation!

Answer 3

the assumptions behind your q are all wrong. "Aryans" signify a set of languages and not of unique genetic composition. the speakers of aryan languages in north india comprised people of several genetic inheritances, and they had been mixing for millennia. for example, skeletal remains found in Harappa/Mohenjodara of about 5000 years ago show the same mixture of types that are now available in north india. a strain of humanity that had and even now speak non-aryan languages, known as the dravidian languages, had already colonized india before the aryan-speakers had arrived. they were melanids but without other characteristics that differentiated them from non-melanids. in fact, anthropologist von Eickstedt said that they had the same morphological characteristics other than skin color; he put it dramatically "they would have been classified as white if they had not been black!" mixture between aryan speakers and dravidian speakers has been going on ever since they net on the subcontinent millennia back. there are more than 400 words in the earliest veda (Rg Veda) that were borrowed from dravidian languages.

Answer 4

Lets go & ask the "Aryans" & "Dravidians".

Answer 5

Thoroughly

Answer 6

I am not certain of any tests being performed to prove that theory, but I am inclined to agree with you. I have been thinking along those lines for quite a while. It is nice to know someone else thinks the same thoughts on this subject.

Answer 7

Yes, that's pretty much how it goes in India. The Pakistanis and Northern Indians are mostly of Indo European ancestry.

As you move South into India you see the Indo European DNA mostly in the upper castes.

But you have to remember, the very light skin of Europeans comes from a gene about 10,000 years old, and it's not had time to spread all oner the world. The original Indo Europeans would have been about the same skin shade as the Pakistanis.

Answer 8

you cannot find a pure race except for pygmies.

its a fact whole sub continent is a massive mix of aryan,dravididian and so on.