Dravidian, Dravidan, or Dravida may refer to:

Language and culture

Dravidian languages The Dravidian languages (or sometimes Dravidic) are a family of languages spoken by 250 million people, mainly in southern India, north-east Sri Lanka, and south-west Pakistan. Since the colonial era, there have been small but significant ...

, a family of languages spoken mainly in South India and northeastern Sri Lanka *

Proto-Dravidian language Proto-Dravidian is the linguistic reconstruction of the common ancestor of the Dravidian languages. It is thought to have differentiated into Proto-North Dravidian, Proto-Central Dravidian, and Proto-South Dravidian, although the date of divers ...

, a model of the common ancestor of the Dravidian languages * Dravidian University, a university situated in Andhra Pradesh *

South Indian culture South Indian culture refers to the culture of the South Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. South Indian culture, though with its visible differences, forms an important part of the Indian culture. The ...

, modern Dravidian culture

Geography

Dravida Nadu :''Dravida Nadu was also the name of a Tamil language publication started by C. N. Annadurai.'' Dravida Nadu is the name of a proposed sovereign state demanded by the Justice Party led by the founder of the self-respect movement, E.V. Ramasamy ...

, a proposed country for the southern Dravidian languages *

South India South India, also known as Dakshina Bharata or Peninsular India, consists of the peninsular southern part of India. It encompasses the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, as well as the union territ ...

, the region which is called Dravida in the Indian anthem *

Dravida Kingdom Dravida is mentioned as one of the kingdoms in the southern part of present-day mainland India during the time of the Mahabharata. Dravida in the Mahabharata Dravida is listed among the ancient Indian (Bharata Varsha) kingdoms: "In the south, ...

, 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 Adi Dravida (or Adi Dravidar) is a term that has been used since 1914 by the state of Tamil Nadu in India to denote Paraiyars. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, they made up about half of Tamil Nadu's Scheduled Caste population. Origin ...

, natives of Southern India

Religion

* Dravidian folk religion

Others

Dravidan (1989 film) ''Dravidan'' is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, starring Sathyaraj, Vidhyashree and Suparna Anand. It is a remake of the 1988 Malayalam film '' Aryan''. The film was released on 28 October 1989, Diwali ...

, a 1989 Tamil film *

Dravida Sangha Dravida Sangha was established in 470 CE by a Jain monk named Vajranandi in the city of Madurai in present-day Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth l ...

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