The Real Indian IQ

[Bharatvarsh]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Interesting. Please cite a few instances of Smart North Indian Hindus who fled to south (en masse?) Let me give you a start - bhUShaNa the biographer of Shivaji and poet. A few known courtiers of Vijaya Nagaram. But after that I am not aware of any mass migrations that can tilt the general IQ of a region! Will learn.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bodhi I read somwhere that many Saraswath Brahmins in the Konkan were actually from Kashmir who fled to Panjab and further south to escape Muslim persecution.

Also there is a theory that the Chitpavan Brahmins migrated enmasse to Maharashtra when Gandhara (now Afghanistan) fell to Muslims.

Also, there is community of Saurashtrians in TN, they were proclaimed Brahmanas a few centuries ago, but they speak a distinct language at home and migrated enmasse Southward ending up in TN, i am not sure why they migrated.

Here is some info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurashtra_language

As for classification, I don't think Orissa would fall under South, more likely East, but in traditional Hindu classification I think Maharashtra is considered part of South and I think southern Gujarat also (because Pancha Dravida includes Brahmins from both these states).