文档介绍：THE ARCTIC HOME IN THE VEDAS
Being Also a New Key to the Interpretation of
Many Vedic Texts and Legends
By
Lokamanya Bâl Gangâdhar Tilak
The proprietor of the Kesari and the Mahratta newspapers,
The author of the Orion or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas,
The Gita Rahasya (a Book on Hindu Philosophy) etc., etc.
Publishers
Messrs. TILAK BROS
Gaikwar Wada
Poona City
1903
CONTENTS
Chapter Page
Preface...................................................... i-ix
I Prehistoric Times ............................................... 1
II The Glacial Period ............................................. 19
III The Arctic Regions ............................................ 37
IV The Night of the Gods ....................................... 57
V The Vedic Dawns .............................................. 74
VI Long Day and Long Night .................................. 113
VII Months and Seasons ......................................... 136
VIII The Cows’ Walk ................................................ 173
IX Vedic Myths — The Captive Waters ................. 216
X Vedic Myths — The Matutinal Deities ............... 276
XI The Avestic Evidence ........................................ 328
parative Mythology ..................................... 364
XIII The Bearing of Our Results on the History of 385
Primitive Aryan Culture and Religion ................
Index ......................................................... 433
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PREFACE
The present volume is a sequel to my Orion or Researches into
the Antiquity of the Vedas, published in 1893. The estimate of Vedic
antiquity then generally current amongst Vedic scholars was based
on the assignment of arbitrary period of time to the different strata
into which the Vedic literature is divided; and it was believed that the
oldest of