I. H N Risley
- Dravidian
Long head, broad nose, depressed nasal root, dark eyes, dark complexion, short statute, curly hair
Ex. Santhal, Bhil , Gond, Paniyan, tribes of south india and southern MP
- Mongoloid
Tribes of Himalayan region and NE region
II. B.S. Guha
- Negrito
Small head, short stature, wooly hair, bulbous forehead, smooth supraorbital ridge
Ex. Kadar, Pulayan, Irular
- Proto-Australoids
Dolichocephalic head, platyrhine nose, wavy or curly hair, prominent supraorbital ridge
Ex. Pulayan women, Ural, Baiga, Maler, Chenchu, Kannikar, Bhil, Santhal, Oraon
- Mongoloids
- The paleo-mongoloid
- lond-headed type- long head, short and flat face, faintly developed supraorbital ridge Ex. Tribes of Assam – the sema nagas
- broad- headed type- broad head, round face, dark skin color, medium nose, marked epicanthic fold- Ex. Lepchas, Chakmas, Maghs
- Tibeto-mongoloid
- The paleo-mongoloid
Broad and massive head, long and flat face, tall stature, light brown skin color
Ex. Tibetans od Sikkim
III. S.S Sarkar
- Australoids– Urali, Kannikar, Kadar, Pamiyan
- Mundari- speakers– Tribes of Jharkhand, Orissa, MP, Chattisgarh
- Far-eastern– Tribes of Tuticorin Tinnelvelly
- Mongolian– Tribes of NE and Himalayan foot-hills