Dravidian Explained

Dravidian, Dravidan, or Dravida may refer to:

Language and culture

• Dravidian languages, a family of languages spoken mainly in South India and northeastern Sri Lanka
• Proto-Dravidian language, a model of the common ancestor of the Dravidian languages
• Dravidian University, a university situated in Andhra Pradesh
• South Indian culture, modern Dravidian culture
• Dravidian architecture, Hindu temple architecture

Geography

• Dravida Nadu, a proposed country for the southern Dravidian languages
• South India, the region which is called Dravida in the Indian anthem
• Dravida Kingdom, an ancient region mentioned in the Mahabharata

Ethnicity

• Dravidian peoples, ethnic groups primarily in South India.
• Homo Dravida, a historically defined race, propagated also by Devaneya Pavanar
• Adi Dravida, natives of Southern India

Religion

• Dravidian folk religion

Others

• Dravidan (1989 film), a 1989 Tamil film
• Dravida Sangha

See also

• Dravid (surname)
• Davidian (disambiguation)