The Western Brachycephals or The Broad-Headed

The Western Brachycephals or The Broad-Headed
Types These groups consist of the three main types:
(i) Alpinoids represented by Gujarati Banias, Kathis of
Kathiawar and Kayasthas of Bengal.
(ii) Dinaric represented 'by populations of Bengal,
Orissa and/Coorg (Karnataka).
(iii) Armenoids represented by Parsis, Bengali Vaidyas
and Kayasthas.
Members of this racial stock came to India along three
main routes, passing through­
(a) Baluchistan, Sind, Kathiawar, Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
(b)The Ganga valley and the delta.
(c) Chitral, Gilgit, parts of Kashmir and Nepal.


The Nordics They were the last to migrate into India.
The Aryan speaking Nordics were long-headed and fair complexioned, with well developed noses and strongly built bodies. They entered India some time dudng the second millennium Be.
The main concentration of these people is in the north­western part of the country. They were a predominant type in the North-Western Frontier Province of Pakistan, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan. They are mostly represented among the upper castes of northern India, particularly in Punjab.