What are the main races in India?

India's ethnic groups are mainly Indian Aryans.

In ancient India, different immigrants and invaders brought different races and cultures, and the ethnic composition of modern Indian peninsula residents is very complicated. Most scholars believe that Indian Aryans are the dominant race in the Indian Peninsula, accounting for about 72% of the Indian population.

Indian Aryans are semi-nomadic people from Central Asia. They invaded India around 1500- 1000 BC and gradually spread to the south. They participated in the cultural, social and political life at that time and formed the social and cultural foundation of modern India. Ethnography refers to the study of physiological, biochemical and genetic differences between people, which classifies and summarizes human beings.

Judging from the physical characteristics of Indian races, Indians have dark skin color (some people in the northern region have light skin color). From this appearance, many people mistakenly think that Indians are all black. However, there are many other factors besides skin color, facial features and hairstyle, such as bones.

Introduction to Aryans

Aryan is a general term for all Indo-European languages in European literature in the19th century. From the comparative study of ancient documents in India and Persia, it is inferred that there was a tribal group in ancient Central Asia who called themselves "Aryan", engaged in animal husbandry, was good at riding and shooting, had patriarchal organizations and worshipped many gods.

From 2000 BC to 1000 BC, one settled in the south of the upper reaches of the Indus River, one entered the southwest of Persia, and the other moved to Asia Minor.

Since18th century, European linguists discovered that Sanskrit is similar to Greek, Latin, Celtic, Germanic and Slavic, they used the word "Aryan" to summarize these languages (now commonly known as Indo-European), and all the peoples who speak these languages are collectively called "Aryan".

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Aryan.