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Question
Answer briefly the following questions :
What is the racial classification of the Tribes?
Solution
Dr. B .S. Guha has classified the Indian tribes on the basis of the races. He has divided them into the following racial groups: the Negrito, the Caucasoid, the Proto-Australoid, the Mongoloid and the Nordic Group.
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