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| ], ] and other Greek authors called the ] the '''Eastern Ethiopians''' or '''Eastern Æthiopians'''. Greek writers sometimes identified the Aethiopians of Egypt with the Eastern Aethiopians. Also the Egyptian and Indian geography were sometimes compared or identified: ] (vi. i.) mentions that the ] was thought by some ancient ] to be the source of the ]. | |||
| ] wrote about the Dravidians: ''They differed in nothing from the other Ethiopians, save in their language, and the character of their hair. For the Eastern Ethiopians have straight ], while they of ] are more woolly-haired than any other people in the world. (Herodotus: from The History of the Persian Wars, VII.70., c.430 BCE)'' | |||
| Ethiopeans was the name Greeks used for dark skinned people. It has no relationship in term of race. | |||
| ], however, took up this connection between Dravidians, Egyptians and Ethiopians in order to claim a direct cultural link between India and Ancient Egypt. She was attempting to show that Indian culture influenced Ancient ] via Ethiopia. She described many parallels between ] and ] in her works. After the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation ] remarked (referring to ''Secret Doctrine'', vol.2, p.417): ''A highly advanced urban civilization of ] has been discovered on the ] "between Attock and Sind," exactly the location mentioned in ] as the abode of the Aethiopians.''(Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: Aethiophians). | |||
| Nowadays Dravidians are considered as ] people. | |||
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