Scythic Origin of the Rajput Race

by

Mulchand Chauhan

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Skin Colour
The Rajputs belong to the dolicocephalic (long-headed) Caucasoid races. The preceding Indo-Aryans consisted of two stocks: an older, mainly brachycephalic branch of `Outer Aryans', and inner dolicocephalic branch of `Inner Aryans' which in turn displaced the Outer Aryans. The broad-headed Aryans, or Early Aryans, are the first to have entered India, and are those who have had the most direct confrontation with the preceding Sudroid (Dravidoid-Kolarian-Untouchable) populations. The broad-headed Aryans comprise the Utkalic, Bhojpuric, Mithilic and Marathic races which form a band surrounding the inner band of Aryans. The inner band of long-headed or Later Aryans consists of Brahminoids, Brajics, Kayasthas and Koshalics who represent a subsequent wave of Aryanisation, namely Brahmanisation which occurred as a further superposition upon the preceding Early Aryans..
The Rajputs and related Scythic races are tall and fair, resembling closely their Scythic forbears :

" the Agniculas [ Rajputs ] are of good stature, and fair, with prominent features like those of the Parthian Kings."
[ Tod.II.357 ]

This characteristic alone, whilst not excluding any possible Inner Aryan origin, does exclude any proposed Outer Aryan descent.

Nasal Index
The Nasal Index of Rajputs clearly shows that they are leptorrhine (thin-nosed) Caucasoids, distinguishable from the mainly mesorrhine Caucasoid Early Indo-Aryans :

Race Nasal Index Nasal Type

Indo-Aryan (Arya)
Brahman (Bengal) 70.3 sub-leptorrhine
Brahman (Bihar) 73.2 sub-leptorrhine
Brahman (Bhojpur) 74.6 sub-leptorrhine
Rajput 71.6 sub-leptorrhine
Kayasth (Bengal) 70.3 sub-leptorrhine
Jat 68.8 leptorrhine
Vaisya (Bania) 79.6 sub-leptorrhine
Gujjar 66.9 leptorrhine
Sikhs 68.8 leptorrhine [ Ris 28-9 ]


Sudroid (Indian Negroids, comprising Dalits and Dravidians)
Paniyans (Malabar) 95.1 platyrrhine
Santal 88.8 platyrrhine
Munda 89.9 platyrrhine
Kol 82.2 sub-platyrrhine
Kadia 89.8 platyrrhine
Vellala 73.1 sub-platyrrhine
Tamil Brahman 76.7 sub-platyrrhine
Asur (Lohardaga) 95.9 platyrrhine
Bhil 84.1 sub-platyrrhine
Pariah 80.0 sub-platyrrhine
Irula 80.9 sub-platyrrhine
Kadia 89.8 platyrrhine
Musahar 88.7 platyrrhine
Chamar 86.0 platyrrhine
Dom 83.0 sub-platyrrhine

-- [ Ris App. III p.395 ff ]

The above data, taken from one of the greatest anthropologists to have ever set foot in India, Sir. Risley, show that the Scythians have leptorrhine nasal indices, whilst Indo-Aryans fall into two categories : one mainly sub-leptorrhine and leptorrhine, comprising the Brahmins, Kayasthas and other Later Aryans, and the mesorrhine Outer Aryans comprising the Bhojpuric, Mithilic, Gaudic and Utkalic peoples. This physical feature is closely related to the brachycephalism (broad-headedness) displayed by most Early or Outer Indo-Aryans.



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