The Vedic fathers of geology

IL

Repositories of varied knowledge and diverse arts and sciences, especially, as they had made great advance in almost all the important branches thereof, even in ancient times, and in the still more remote past.?

In the circumstances, I could not believe, that our fore-fathers of yore had practically left untouched the very important subject of Geology, or that they were totally in the dark, even as regards the elementary knowledge of the science.

And, it soon appeared to me, that there Was no reason to rest merely on surmises, as the

2 (a) Vide the Rig-Veda and the Vedic Literature, which, by the bye, belongs to a period extending from B, C. 2500 to the Tertiary Epoch. vide also Chapter II and V of this work, and pp. 26 @ 28, 72, 73, 74 @ 85, 135, 138, 155

(2) Hlphinstone says:— * * * “ the early excellence of the Brahmans in all these branches of learning,” * * * ( Hiphinstone’s History of India. p. 92. Second Edition )

(ec) Sir William Jones says, ‘‘ ( India) which has ever been esteemed the nurse of sciences, the inyentress of delightful and useful arts, the scene of glorious actions, fertile in the productions of human genius.” = * * ( Voyage to India ),

(dq) Vide Max-Muller’s “ What Can India Teach us?” Hdition 1883, pp. 18, 14, 15, 21, 22, 109 @ 118, 250 @ 255