Exploring the African origins of India, through the Dravidians of the Indus Valley. Sometime around 2000 B.C. east African people travelled and settled in the Indus Valley of India and Sri Lanka. The people that resulted in mix of African and indigenous people of the area are called Dravidians. It was the Dravidians that laid the foundation for both Indian and Sri Lankan society.
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