High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Santal (also spelled as Santhal (formerly also spelt as Sontal or Sonthal)), are the largest tribal community in India, who live mainly in the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Assam. There is also a significant Santal minority in neighboring Bangladesh, and a small population in Nepal. The santals belong to the Proto-Australoid group, and may have arrived in India soon after the Negritos. The name is given because of the similarity of racial type with Australian tribes. There is no precise information as to when this race first came into India. It is found among the prehistoric skulls in the Tinnevelly district, and from references in early Sanskrit literature to 'Nishads', where they are described as noseless (anash) with dark skin colour and peculiar speech and habits, there can be no doubt that the Proto-Australoid tribes were meant. The Santals are short in stature, and among them the broad flat nose with a sunken...

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