Dravida
Meaning
A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Some parties openly profess their focus on a particular group; for example, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 's and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 's focus on the Dravidian population, and the Shiv Sena 's pro- Marathi agenda.
Besides the majority of Tamils too were against a Dravida state at that juncture and treated it as a joke then.
On September 29, M. Karunanidhi, former Chief Minister and president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), said it was the “duty of the State government to allot two acres” at Keezhadi to set up the site museum.
Sastri (1955), p429 The Hoysala architecture style is described as Karnata Dravida as distinguished from the traditional Dravida, Hardy (1995), pp6–7 and is considered an independent architectural tradition with many unique features.
The term Dravida was used in Sanskrit literature to describe the lands south of the Vindyas (South India) and inhabitants.