THE CINGALESE.
Locality.—Ceylon.
Language.—So full of Sanskrit vocables as to be classed with the Indo-Gangetic rather than with the Tamul tongues.
Religion.—Buddhism rather than Brahminism. Paganism.
Quasi-Pulinda population.—The Vaddahs.
THE MALDIVIAN(?).
Localities.—The Maldive and Laccadive islands.
The note of interrogation indicates that the Maldivians are, perhaps, a sub-division of the Cingalese rather than a separate substantive section of the Indian Mongolidæ.
FOOTNOTES:
[168] For the meaning of this term, see the notice of India under the head of the Iapetidæ.