Are the people of southern India concidered caucasoids?

Question

I saw some pictures of southern Indians, (Tamil nadu.) and I couldnt see much difference in the northern Indians, and other caucasoid people.

Answer 1

Yes, for the most part I do believe many people in India are considered Caucasian.  However, they also have some African and Asia influence.  So, I think it would depend on the individual.

Answer 2

there are 2 types of Caucasoid people, some went to Europe and the Middle East. Other Caucasoid people went to India, Ethiopia and Sudan. So now some Caucasoids in Europe and the Middle East are white while other Caucasoids in India, Ethiopia and Sudan are black

Answer 3

no they are dravidians, related to melanesians and aboriginals of australia. strong links to african genes. aryans from northern inida are more clsely related to the caucasoids

Answer 4

no.. they are dravidians. browner in colour and shorter in statue.. these are not aryans and not caucasians.

Answer 5

Only Aryans are considered to be Caucasoid or Caucasians not the dravids.

Answer 6

no they Are dravidians which are linked to abroginal and polyneasesn(pacific islanders) and some south-east aisns like indoneseans.they laos speak dravidians lingos

i m 1/2 indians and come from both arayn and eastern india(which has ppl with asain eyes) so i guyess im 1/2 mogoloid, 1/4 causain n 1/4 naitve americaniod?

Answer 7

The Caucasian race, sometimes called the Caucasoid race,is defined by the Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English as "relating to a broad division of humankind covering peoples from Europe, Western Asia, and parts of India and North Africa" or "white-skinned; of European origin" or "relating to the region of the Caucasus in SE Europe". The concept's existence is based on the now disputed typological method of racial classification.

See map on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_r...

Answer 8

It depends on exactly what you're talking about.  the country of India is on the Asian continent, which would lead you to believe that they are asian.  In the United Nations annual census report, they are not considered to be Caucasian.  they are listed under the Asian category.  The same was as people from southwest asia (i.e. the middle east) are considered to be under the asian category.  even though somebody from korea doesn't look like somebody from Iran, they are both categorized as Asian.

Answer 9

Of course not, the are Indians.

Answer 10

they are the original people of India shoved south by invaders.

They are more related to the natives in Australia.

Answer 11

dude, boris, you know more about this subject than anyone who will answer this question.

Answer 12

they r referred as southindians who r called southern indians who speak mostly diravidian languages  &some districts there use their community langauges .tamilians r called aryans&they speak tamil language .before the british invasion, diffrent dynasties ruled southindia .some dynasties conquered srilanka so the cultural influence is there in tamilnadu where after intercaste&interreligionmix marraiges ,different languages r used now