The Vedic fathers of geology

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first originated, seem not only within the mark but marvyellously correct in the main, as they have stood the test of ages, and the facts haye been corroborated by independent testimony, not to say matter-of-fact foreign evidence We shall, therefore, turn our attention to other particulars which are of greater moment, and_as such, demand our close observation.

In the first chapter, I had occasionally referred to the various reck-formations, which included also the different vital gradations. But, as it is intended in the present chapter to institute comparison between geological researches of the East and the West, I shall here endeayour to show in brief the principal points of resemblance, and introduce four statements, for the elucidation of my allegation and the argument that our Vedic Fore-fathers were acquainted with the science of geology, as they seem to be aware of the Earth’s primary gaseous condition, its subsequent liquid state, its final solid form, nay, its Paleontology and successive periods of animate creation in the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cainozoic or Tertiary Epochs. |