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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Indian Pariah Dog''', also known as the '''Indian Native Dog''' or '''South Asian Pye dog''' and '''Desi Dog''' is a landrace of dog native to the [[Indian subcontinent]].<br />
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== Names ==<br />
[[File:Pariah Dog.jpg|thumb|right|Indian pye-dogs have been used as [[Guard dog]]s for centuries.]]<br />
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The namesake of this breed was given during the [[British Raj|British Raj in India]] after the [[Paraiyar|Pariah]] tribe of the [[Madras Presidency]].<ref name="Chakrabarti2010">{{cite journal |last1=Chakrabarti |first1=Pratik |title=Beasts of Burden: Animals and Laboratory Research in Colonial India|journal=History of Science |date=June 2010 |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=125–151 |doi=10.1177/007327531004800201 |pmid=20582325 |pmc=2997667 |bibcode=2010HisSc..48..125C }}</ref> From the [[Anglo-Indian]] word ''pye'' or ''paë'' and Hindi ''pāhī'' meaning 'outsider', the Indian pariah dog is sometimes referred to as the pye-dog (also spelt ''pie'' or ''pi'') and the Indian native dog.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pye–dog Merriam-Webster Dictionary]</ref> It is popularly known as '''Desi Kutta''' or '''Desi Dog''' (which derives from the [[Urdu language|Urdu]] word ''[[desi]]'', meaning ''native''), as well as the Indi-dog or In-dog (in various spellings).<ref name="ChoudhuryMahajan">{{cite web |last1=Choudhury-Mahajan |first1=Lina |title=Paws for thought |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/paws-for-thought/story-YNym7MKVc2axiKZncw3ZIK.html|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=12 April 2019 |language=en |date=12 July 2011}}</ref> It was referred to in the works of [[Rudyard Kipling]] as the "yellow pariah dog".<ref>Kipling, Rudyard. (1894) [[The Jungle Book]].</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:Indog Pune.jpg|thumb|A pet Indian pariah dog in [[Raigarh]].]]<br />
The pariah dog of India is an ancient [[Indigenous (ecology)|autochthon]]ous [[landrace]] that is found all over [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Sri Lanka]] and even beyond [[South Asia]].<ref name="2018Vellampalli">{{cite web |last1=Vellampalli |first1=Jaya |title=Why the Indian Pariah is a perfect pet |url=https://telanganatoday.com/why-the-indian-pariah-is-a-perfect-pet |publisher=[[Telangana Today]] |language=en |date=13 January 2018 |access-date=24 June 2021 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121150255/https://telanganatoday.com/why-the-indian-pariah-is-a-perfect-pet |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = Pathak| first = Arun| title = Handicrafts in the Indus Valley Civilization| year = 1995| publisher = Janaki Prakashan| isbn = 978-81-85078-87-8 }}</ref> A pariah-like dog skull was discovered in the [[ancient India]]n site of [[Mohenjo-daro]] and prehistoric rock art depicting a dog of similar type has been found in the [[Bhimbetka]] [[rock (geology)|rock]] [[shelter]]s.<ref name="ChoudhuryMahajan"/> It was featured on [[National Geographic Channel]]'s film, ''Search for the First Dog'' along with the other ancient types such as the [[Canaan Dog]] of [[Israel]] and the [[Dingo|Australian dingo]].<ref name="ChoudhuryMahajan"/><br />
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Indian Pariah dogs make for loving family pets and are great with kids and adults. They are high on energy and complement kids with an active lifestyle. Indian pariah dogs are one of the oldest dog breeds in existence today.<br />
Archaeological findings indicate that this dog was in existence some 4500 years ago. Excavations in the Mohenjo-Daro site found in the Sindh region of [[Pakistan]] (Indus Valley civilisation) revealed an Indian Pariah dog skull dating to 2500 BCE. Also, there are various cave paintings across the Indian subcontinent that hints at pariah dogs to be one of the oldest dog breeds in the world.<ref name="Pariah Dog">{{cite web|title=Indian Pariah Dogs|date=9 April 2020|url=https://dogwithblog.in/Indian-pariah-dog/}}</ref><br />
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