Who are the Kolarians?

Question

Who are the Kolarians?

Answer 1

The Sudra, or Indo-African, Race consists of the following sub-races:

Dravidian - Dravidian-speaking Sudras:

Settled Dravidians - Tamils, Mallas/Malabaris, and Karnadas

Adivasi Dravidas in North India (Gonds, Bhils, Brahui etc.) and South India (Tulus, Kurumba etc.)

Kolarians - Austric-Speaking Blacks or Indo-Australoid Sudras.

Dalits - Hindicized Aboriginal Blacks and imported Africans (Habshis), SC in North India

In its modern sense Sudra denoted any black man in India and hence includes the following sub-races:

Dravidians - Speakers of Dravidian languages. This includes

South Indian Dravidians or Settled Dravidians

Tamils

Mallas/Malabaris : Malayalis, Mallas

Karanad

Adivasi or Aboriginal Dravidians (eg. Tulu, Kurumba)

Kolarians - Kolarian speakers, incl. Mundas, Oraons, Santal, Ho

Dalits - Hindicized Sudras. This includes

Habshis or Hindicized Abyssinians

Hindicized Kols, eg. Bhuiyas

Answer 2

Kolarian The indigenous non-Aryan races of India are divided into three great classes: Tibeto-Burmese, Kolarian, and Dravidian. Although generally regarded as aboriginal, the Kolarians are known to have entered Bengal by means of the northeastern passes: they encountered the Dravidians in central India, who broke up the Kolarians and pushed them towards the east and west.

Thus when the Aryans entered India, the Kolarians again succumbed to the invaders and were still more scattered into smaller groups. There are nine principal languages of the Kolarian group of which the most important is Santali. It is not akin to the Sanskrit, nor does it employ the Devanagari alphabet.