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NOTES TO LECTURE I many Mongolian tribes entered India through the Himalayan passes when the Aryas were setted in the Punjab. Most of the Mongolian tribes emigrated to Southern India from Tamalitti, the great emporium of trade at the mouth of the Ganges, and this accounts for the name " Tarnils " by which they were collectively known among the ancient inhabitants of the Deccan. The name Tamil appears to be therefore only an abbreviation of the word Tamalittis. The Tamraliptas are alluded to, along with the Kosalas and Odras, as inhabitants of Bengal and the adjoining sea-coast in the Vāyu and Vişnu Puranas. 7. Historians' History of the World, Vol. I, p. 77. See also G. Slater Dravidian Culture, pp. 22 ff; Badari itself is an Indian place name. 8. This type shows remarkable affinity to the Veddhas of Ceylon, the Tfalas of Celebes and the Sakais of Malaya Peninsula (Marett, Anthropology, p. 120). Australia was considered as their original home. A recent writer suggests Palestine. The fact seems to be that they were the Dravidians of the Neolithic Ages in South India. It is very difficult to make them a group entirely separate from the primitive jungle tribes like the Kadars, who are supposed to be the earliest inhabitants of the Peninsula. See also Travancore Tribes and Castes by L. A. Krishna Aiyer, Vol. II. pp. 292-3. 9. The Ancient History of the Near East by H. R. Hall, p. 173 ; also pp. 174-212. 10. The Lycians And Their Affinities : The name Lycia is old, and Egyptian scholars argue that in the Ruku of Egyptian monuments are to be found the ancient Lycians, who along with other sea-folk, bad fought against the Egyptians and been taken captive. But even so, Herodotus recognized a still more ancient name of