Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7 - Edgar Thurston

As an excellent example of constancy of type in the cephalic index, I may cite, en passant, the following results of measurement of the Todas, who inhabit the plateau of the Nilgiri hills:—

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73	◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆	Average.
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I pass on to the consideration of the type of cranium among various Brāhman classes. In the following tables, the results of measurement of representatives of Tulu, Canarese, Marāthi, Tamil and Malayālam Brāhmans are recorded:—

Class	Language	Number of subjectsexamined	Cephalic Index			Numberof times index was 80 or above
Class	Language	Number of subjectsexamined	Average.	Maximum.	Minimum.	Numberof times index was 80 or above
Shivalli	Tulu	30	80.4	96.4	69.4	17
Mandya	Canarese	50	80.2	88.2	69.8	31
Karnātaka	Do.	60	78.4	89.5	69.8	19
Smarta (Dēsastha)	Marāthi[29]	43	76.9	87.1	71	9
Tamil (Madras city)	Tamil	40	76.5	84	69	3
Nambūtiri	Malayālam[30]		76.3
Pattar	Tamil[31]	25	74.5	81.4	69.1	2

(a) Tulu. Shivalli.

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80	◆◆	Average.
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(b) Canarese. Karnātaka Smarta.

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78	◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆	Average.
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