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Indian population belongs to large number of races. Discuss the spatial distribution of major races.

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  • Cultural Setting

Sir Herbert Hope Risley made the first systematic classification from the 1891 census, using the nasal and cephalic indices to derive seven types — and fused race with caste and language, the move that destroyed the scheme.

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