Paleo-Mediterranean, Oriental type and Dravidian civilizations in Uttarakhand

History of Kumaon-Garhwal (Uttarakhand) - Part -8 

Ancient communities of Kumaon-Garhwal (Uttarakhand), Himalayas-4 

[Notes on Dravidian Civilizations in Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Uttarkashi Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Tihri Garhwal, Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Dehradun Garhwal, Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Hardwar /  Haridwar Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Rudraprayag Garhwal, Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Udham Singh Nagar Kumaon , Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Nainital Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Almora  Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Champawat  Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Bageshwar Kumaon, Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Pithauragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand]                                    

                                                   Bhishma Kukreti 

  Dr Dabral provides the references of Dr D.N Majumdar ‘s researches and mentions that Paleo-Mediterranean race came to India. Dr Dabral mentioned that there are signs of Paleo-Mediterranean and Oriental cultures in Uttarakhand at the time of Kol Mund culture. However, it is believed that this culture was merged with previous settlers and post settlers too.

                                                       Dravidian Communities in Uttarakhand

     Dr Dabral and other historians suggest that Dravidians also ruled once the Uttarakhand. Dravidians are Semitic group .They ruled Kols and slowly after the entry of Khas , the Dravidians became part of Khas culture.

  There are many signs of Dravidian culture in Uttarakhand that prove that Dravidian were there in Kol –Mund time and later on Khas time.

  The following words in Garhwali and Kumaoni languages are Dravidian origin as they are in same grammatical manners as Dravidian languages

गढ़वाली शब्द -कूड़ी , कोड़ी (मकान की ), चिकण , पोकि , पूठा 
गढ़वाली गाँव - कठुड़ , ककरूड़ा,  पठुड, रतोड़ा , अमोल्डा, अगरोड़ा, कफल्डी आदि
कुमाउनी गाँव - दिगतड़, लिखतड़, घिगतड़ आदि   

 The Uttar Mahabharata does not detail much as Dakshinatya Mahabharata provides much details of Uttarakhand.

  The Dravidians provided many innovative cultures to India. The worshiping of King as deity is Dravidian gift to human kind. The Dravidians used to build temple. Many oldest versions of folklores of India were influenced by Dravids.

 Worshiping on Asan, Pashupati, amphibious God (ardh Nareshwar) is initiated by Dravidians.

It is said that present Shilpkar race of Uttarakhand is descendent of Kol, Mund, Kirat , Dravid and Khas races.

References and Further Reading Suggestions:

Badri Datt Pandey, 1937, Kumaun ka Itihas, (second edition.) Shyam Prakashan, Almora (page 155-179)

Dabral, Shiv Prasad, 1968, Uttarakhand ka Itihas Bhag-2, (pages117 to321), Veer Gath Press, Dogadda, India

Dinesh Prasad Saklani, 1998, Ancient Communities of the Himalayas

D.D Sharma, 2009, Cultural History of Uttarakhand

Hari Krishna Raturi, 1921, Garhwal ka Itihas

Jagdish Bahadur , 2003 Indian Himalayas

Dr. Naval  Viyogi, Professor M A Ansari, 2010  History of the Later Harappans and Shilpkara Movement (two volumes) Kalpaz Publication, Delhi, India

Copyright@ Bhishma Kukreti 10/4/2013

(The write up is for general readers and may not be properly suitable for history research scholars)

History of Garhwal –Kumaon (Uttarakhand) to be continued… Part -9

Ancient communities of Kumaon-Garhwal (Uttarakhand), Himalayas- to be continued…5

Notes on Dravidian Civilizations in Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Uttarkashi Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Tihri Garhwal, Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Dehradun Garhwal, Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Hardwar /  Haridwar Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Rudraprayag Garhwal, Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Udham Singh Nagar Kumaon , Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Nainital Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Almora  Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Champawat  Kumaon, Uttarakhand; Dravidian Civilizations in Bageshwar Kumaon, Uttarakhand;  Dravidian Civilizations in Pithauragarh Kumaon, Uttarakhand to be continued…