Definitions for "DRAVIDIANS"
Prehistoric inhabitants of India who initially lived in the Indus Valley and were later conquered by Indo-Aryans.
The oldest known inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. Archaeological remains of their have been found in the Indus River Valley that date to 2700 bce. In some areas, the Dravidians were conquered by the Aryans when they migrated from the west around 1500 bce.
Dark-skinned, these pre-Aryan inhabitants of India and Pakistan had a level of civilization comparable to the Sumerians and Egyptians.