The Ancient Heroes of South Indian Peninsula

IT has been the invariable complaint of all who have attempted to write the history of India that as Hindu literature which teems with mythological legends is sadly deficient in historical records it is difficult to say with any precision when India was first peopled by the Hindus from whom they descended and from what country they came. It is certain however that the people who settled themselves in Hindustan Proper which lies to the north of the Vindya Mountains came from the north and called themselves Aryans. They were at that time a pastoral people keeping camels horses oxen and cows. The country to the south of the Vindya Mountains they called the Deccan i. e. south and thought it was inhabited by bears monkeys goblins and monsters.