The Vedic fathers of geology

GEOLOGICAL ANTIQUITY OF THE VEDAS. 53

splendour was perceived above the horizon, they but inadvertently throw a surprisingly agreeable hint in respect of the region where these were Just observed by our Primitive ancestors. This careful observation, therefore, affords but another clue to our Aryan cradle and Original Home, and as it seems to be of great moment, 1 venture to give the original text in extenso, along with its translation, as rendered into English by Oriental and Occidental scholars.

We have already seen that the first deed of heroism achieved by Indra was the slaying of Vritva-Serpent and the consequent fall of raina phenomenon of Nature—and that his next exploits, among others, were the creation of the Dawn ॐत 16 ऽप ( यदिन्छाहन्पथमजामहीनाम्‌... । आाल्छय जनयन्यामुषासं -.. 2. ४. 1. 8२. 4 ). पिज, 6 chief thing, with which we are here concerned, in regard to the fact after their creation is : Where was the Dawn first seen? And Where was the Sun first observed by our Primitive Ancestors ? We all know that the delightful Dawn, the splendour of the morning Sun, and the Dawn disappearing in, or absorbed by, the rising Sun, are but the usual phenomena of Nature. And the only question is, where had these occurred, or observed by our Primitive ancestors ? We must, therefore, go to the Rig-Veda, and seek its assistance for answering the queries. In the Rig-