ABSTRACT

Abstract ......................................................................................................14 2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................14 2.2 Peopling of Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India ......16 2.3 Major Ethnic Communities ...............................................................17 2.4 Conclusions .......................................................................................31 Keywords ...................................................................................................32 References ..................................................................................................32

K. V. KRISHNAMURTHY,1 BIR BAHADUR,2 and S. JOHN ADAMS3