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Indigenous peoples in India
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The Indian subcontinent was populated by numerous groups prior to the arrival of West Eurasian groups such as the Ancient Iranians and the Indo-Europeans. Indigenous South Asian ancestry, called Ancient Ancestral South Indian, is a divergent branch of Ancient East Eurasians and forms the largest ancestral component of the Dravidian peoples (excluding Brahmins, the Brahui and some other groups),[1][2][3] the Munda people and the Bhil people (including Warli).[4] The indigenous populations of North-Eastern regions are the Sino-Tibetans and Khasi people, descended from other branches of Ancient East Eurasians. These groups constitute a significant portion of the population of the Indian subcontinent (more than 20%).
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The Government of India doesn't recognise or classify indigenous peoples. The official marker Scheduled Tribe (also called Janjati or Adivasi) refers to heterogeneous tribal groups rather than indigenous peoples. Different indigenous groups populated various parts of the subcontinent at different times predating Indo-Iranian migration to those regions. Some indigenous groups like Bhils have a Dravidic ancestry but speak an Indo-Aryan language.