The Vedic fathers of geology

76 Tue Vepic FATHERS oF GEOLOGY.

ancestor Manu thought of sailing to the South, owing to the Deluge and the thick sheets of Ice that were fast covering the Arctic Regions, he had in his memory this very Northern Mountain ( एतखत्तरं Gita ), meaning thereby the

science and art, of virtue and greatness, of countless medicinal herbs and plants.

(4) The Land, encircled by the ocean, and fed by the renowned Seven Rivers, such as the great Indus, the Ganges, and others, and abundantly supplied with grain and food-stuffs of all kinds,

(5) The Land, where the most ancient A’ryans, our Primitive forefathers were born and had lived, and where the Gods overthrew the Asuras and evil doers.

(6) The Land, on which extended the Himalayas, the highest Mountains in the world, as also the most beautiful Forests,

(7) The Land of Sacrifices and sacred pleasures, of Valour and Renown, of Patriotism and Self-Sacrifice, of Virtue and Kindness.

(8) The Land of six-seasons, and of equal days and nights. ( Vide ante p. 74, note 8 )

(9) The Land of Choice-Regions, created by God, and considered to be the seene of creation, and the very Heaven on Earth.

This sort of extreme love, reverence, and fond affection for A’ryAvarta—ihe Mother-Country and the senowned Land of the Seven Rivers (@afaeqa: )made our ancestors keep constant and uninterrupted communication with it, while they were sojourning in the distant colonies of the Arctic Regions, and elsewhere ,