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South Indian culture refers to the cultural region typically covering the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.The idea of South India is closely linked to the Dravidian ethnic and linguistic identity and therefore it can also refer to groups in central India such as the Gondi and the Kui.
The traditions of different ethnic groups in South Asia have diverged, influenced by external cultures, especially in the northwestern parts of South Asia and also in the border regions and busy ports, where there are greater levels of contact with external cultures. There is also a lot of genetic diversity within the region.
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The process of post-Harappan/Dravidian influences on southern India has tentatively been called "Dravidianization", [74] and is reflected in the post-Harappan mixture of IVC and Ancient Ancestral South Indian people. [75] Yet, according to Krishnamurti, Dravidian languages may have reached south India before Indo-Aryan migrations. [53]
Indo-Surinamese, Indian-Surinamese or Hindustani Surinamese (South Asian Surinamese) are nationals of Suriname who trace their ancestry to the Indian subcontinent. Their ancestors were indentured labourers brought by the Dutch and the British to the Dutch colony of Suriname , beginning in 1873 and continuing during the British Raj . [ 4 ]
Genetics and archaeogenetics of South Asia is the study of the genetics and archaeogenetics of the ethnic groups of South Asia. It aims at uncovering these groups' genetic histories. The geographic position of the Indian subcontinent makes its biodiversity important for the study of the early dispersal of anatomically modern humans across Asia.
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The Saurashtra people, or Saurashtrians, [2] [3] are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic Hindu Brahmin community of South India who speak the Saurashtra language, an Indo-Aryan Gujarati language, and predominantly reside in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.