The Vedic fathers of geology

90 HE Vepic Fatarrs or Grotocy.

“more of ape or chimpanzee instead. -But, ds new fossils and life-types, in- regions far and near, explored and unexplored; are beine discovered'and brought to light with the rapid march of the Science of geology, there need be no disappointment in this respect. For, as said by. our great Sanskrit Poet Bhavabhtiti in -his dramatic Work. Mdlati-Madhava, “ Time is endless, and the extent of the Earth is immense ( कालो aa frarasger = gear). Therefor e@, with Sir Charles Lyell, ‘may we hope to meet, here-

after, with the lost types of the anthropoid Primates

Now, according ¢> the idea of Western geologists, there might perhaps be a mistake in the conception and investigation of our Vedic geologists. But, even taking for oranted that Man-Lion could not possibly be the missing-link or the precursor of Man, in the evolution and development of the life-types, | may here take the liberty respectfully to ask, “ Who does not err in the crude state of the science? Or, what theories are not advanced in the light of facts and knowledge available at the time ? And how many theories have been exploded that once appeared to be sound and charming, nay, universally applauded and accepted, even byeminent men of Science ?”