Question

describe in detail ethnic composition of india

Answer 1

Before we can explore the story of India, we have to define what we mean by ethnic group. Anthropologists define ethnicity through a shared membership in an important cultural grouping, because ethnicity, like race, is a cultural category, not a biological one. Co-religionists can form an ethnic group because members of a religious community share many cultural values, especially in India where religious identity is such an important part of personal identity. Ethnicity can also be a function of the common culture of a geographical area; people of Bengal wear a distinctive style of clothing and speak one of the dialects of the Bengali language. People who live in a geographical area may also have a common in-migration history.