what race are Indians really??

Question

i mean the indians in india...what r our characteristics?...why do some of us have blue/green/grey eyes????

i know the difference between native americans(indians) and indians(people of India)

Answer 1

the people of india belong to the human race, but also technically belong to the caucasian ethnic stock. the languages of india with the exception of the northern dravidian languages belong to the indo-european family of languages.

Answer 2

Like William H said, Indians belong to the human race - most anthropologists today agree that race has no biological basis and is only a cultural construction. (If you wish to debate this or want more info on why they think this, email me). However, I think the few anthropologists left that *do* categorize biological races would say that there is such a mix of different populations in India that they cannot be put into one race category. Probably most would fall into what Bill Bass describes as the "Caucasoid" category, which includes "white" people like Europeans, based on the structure of the skull.
Actually your question pinpoints one of the fundamental problems with a biological definition of race - there are SO many different characteristics that can be included in the definition of a race, including genetic characteristics not visible on the outside, not just skin color, that it is hard to decide which ones really characterize the race. And there is so much variation even within the so-called races that, well, do races really exist?

Answer 3

There is this theory about Dravidians being the ones that were first settled in India. They are characterized by dark skin color, curly hair generally. Then the Aryans (from Persia) settled in the north of India and then generally spread from there and they are characterized by fair skin color, sharper features.. The same group in Persia from where the Aryans originated, later travelled on to Europe.. And basically this is it, I think. Years of intermarrying and all that and you have modern day Indians. We are generally considered to be a race of our own but I hope this has explained why some Indians are soo fair and some dark and some with light color for eyes and the rest have dark.

Answer 4

I am half indian from India and i claim Asian or other as my race. the reason we come in many colors is because of race mixing from the orinigal indians and the persians. The light skinned indians are considered either white or middle eastern.

Answer 5

Indians from India are members of the human race, just like the rest of us, of course, but classically speaking they are dark brown Caucasians. Caucasians are the original "rainbow race" They can range from the very fair to the very dark, with a whole range of variations in hair, skin, eyes, etc.

Answer 6

Indians are supposed to be a mix of about six to seven races.
its basically because of the people from different races who came to India long back that explains differences in our physical appearances and habits.
the races that came into India are

negritos----in Andaman and Nicobar(broad headed)
austrics---eastern and central India(wavy hair low forehead)
mongoloids---Assam nagalandetc.,(oblique eyes,high cheekbones)
dravidian---south Indians(similar to people of ancient Crete)
western brachycephals--coorgis and parsis
nordics in Punjab and north west frontiers

Answer 7

native americans our indians,,, india is india they arent native american indians,,and the color of your skin tone and your color of your eyes goes way back into family generations,,

Answer 8

Australopithecines?

Answer 9

My Indian friends call themselves Asian,
while others call themselves Indian.

So.. I don't know really.

Answer 10

i think they are asians Indian is not middle is not middle eastern but they are close to china