The Vedic fathers of geology

GEOLOGICAL ANTIQUITY OF THE VEDAS. 79

Country A’ryavarta to Iran, which they subsequently adopted, and from which they derived their name, could be distinctly traced in the Parsi Seriptures—the Avesta, the Zend, the Vendidad, and the Gathis—with the graphic description in lively colours.

For, in the Gatha ( Ustanvaiti ), the leader of the party ( Zarathustra ) says:— “ Two. armies have been gathered for a combat, in silence ”. ) 2 (44)-15 }

In the combat, however, the leader and his party haying been defeated, he was compelled to leave A’ryavarta with his camp and followers. And then, very naturally enough, he had given vent to his innermost feelings, and cried aloud, “To what country shall I go 2? Where shall I take my refuge ? What country is sheltering the master ( Zarathustra ) and his companions ? None of the servants pays reverence to me, nor the wicked rulers of the country” (i.e. the IndoA’ryans of A’rydvarta, who had expelled the leader of the defeated party from A’rydvarta, the once common Mother-Country, after the schism ).} 4 (46 )-1}

“I know that Iam helpless. Look at me being amongst few men. For, I have few men (as Ihave lost my followers or they have left