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Table 1
Characteristics of the Indian and Iranian population samples whose mtDNA variation has been determined in the course of this study.
INDIA
State / Region	Socio-cultural affiliation	Linguistic affiliation	Population	Code	n	N

West Bengal	Caste	Indo-European	Mixed caste people	Ben	50	80 Million
Uttar Pradesh	Tribe	Indo-European	Bhoksa	Bho	5	32,000
Kerala	Caste	Indo-European	Mixed caste people from Cochin	Co	55	600,000
Kerala	-^a	Indo-European	Cochin Jews	CoJ	45	5,000	(in Israel)
Gujarat	Caste	Indo-European	Mixed caste people	Guj	53	50 Million
Himachal	Tribe	Tibeto-Burman	Kanet	Kan	37	33,000
Maharashtra	Caste	Indo-European	Konkanastha Brahmin	Kon	58	N/A
West Bengal	Caste	Indo-European	Kurmi	Kur	55	N/A
West Bengal	Tribe	Austro-Asiatic	Lodha	Lod	56	59,000
Sri Lanka	Caste	Dravidic	Moor	Mo	50	3.4 Million
Maharashtra	-^a	Indo-European	Parsi	Par	55	76,000
Punjab	Caste	Indo-European	Mixed caste people	Pun	109	24 Million
Rajasthan	Caste	Indo-European	Rajput	Raj	35	5 Million	(in Rajasthan)
Sri Lanka	Caste	Indo-European	Sinhalese	Sin	82	14.6 Million
Uttar Pradesh	Tribe	Indo-European	Tharu	Tha	26	96,000	(in India)
Uttar Pradesh	Caste	Indo-European	Uttar Pradesh Brahmin	UPb	25	2.5 Million
total					796
IRAN

northwest					226
southwest					138
northeast					30
southeast					6
central					36
total		Indo-European	Iranian	IR	436	ca. 68 Million

^aFor some analyzes these populations where grouped with the caste populations. (see Table 1 in the Supplementary Material for the complete set of studied populations including those whose mtDNA variation was previously published)
Metspalu et al. BMC Genetics 2004 5:26 doi:10.1186/1471-2156-5-26

Table 1