Dravidian

Dravidian or Dravida may refer to:

Language and culture

• Dravidian languages, a family of languages spoken mainly in South India and North-Eastern Sri Lanka
• Proto-Dravidian, a model of the common ancestor of the above languages
• Elamo-Dravidian languages, a proposed language family
• Dravidian University, a university situated in Andhra Pradesh
• Dravidian Linguistics Association, based in Kerala
• Ancient Dravidian culture
• South Indian culture, modern Dravidian culture
• Dravidian architecture, a style of Temple construction
• Dravidian martial arts, a style of martial arts

Geography

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

Ethnicity

• Dravidian people, Ethnic groups in North and South India.
• Homo Dravida, a historically defined race, propagated also by Devaneya Pavanar
• Adi Dravida, the "first Dravidians", a Dalit caste
• Dravidology, a field of study
• Pancha Dravida Brahmins, a division of Indian Brahmins

Politics

• Dravidian parties, a collective term used for political parties, that trace their ideologies and origin from Dravidar Kazhagam
• Dravidar Kazhagam, a former political party in Tamil Nadu
• Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
• All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
• Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
• Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
• All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a political party in Tamil Nadu
• Self-respect movement, sometimes called the Dravidian movement or the Periyar movement

Others

• Dravidians Organization, a non-governmental organization

See also

• Dravid (surname)
• Davidian (disambiguation)