The Vedic fathers of geology

GEoLogicaL ANTIQUITY Or THE VEDAS. 75 world, the Himalayas, for returning to A’ryavartas their original Home and Cradle.

And the fact, that when after the Great Deluge, caused by the incessant and heavy Icefloods in our colonies of the Arctic Regions, our

या यन्ति देवाः क्रिल गीतक्राने पन्यास्वु ते भारतभमिभाओे । स्वगा ५तनस्पिदमार्गभते भवति भयः परुषाः सरत्वाद्‌ः ॥ २४ ॥ जानीम नेतच्क कयं विने वगप्रड्‌ कमाण इङ्चन्धस्‌। प्राप्स्याम धन्याः खलु ते मङ्ष्या

य नारतं नद्रिय-विप्रानाः॥ २६॥ (Vishnu Purana, 2. 3. 22/26)

द्िणन सरस्वत्या दृबद् त्यात्तरण च | ये वसंति छरुक्षेे ते वसन्ति जिविषपे # ( 01818. 31. 111. 81; 204-5 )

(1) Infact, Bhérata-Varsha (India), or fer the matter of that A’ryavarta, was, as thought by our ancestors, and as has been admitted even now to be, the blessed land ef the Sapta-Sinchus, which has been watered by the mostrenowned Seven Rivers with the Sarasyati the dearest of them all, and which was the scene where Indra, who had achieved his first exploits alter conquerring his enemy and killing Vyitra, was requested to favour the A’ryas, and punish the nonsacrificers, (2) It has been the region watered by the most sacred river the Saraswati, which was, with just pride, considered to be the Scene of creation, and the region where life had first commenced (vide pp. 99 @ 102 )

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) It has been the Land of the brave and the pious, i heroism and enterprise, of commerce and trade, of