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'''''The Arctic Home in the Vedas''''' is a 1903 book on the origin of [[Indo-Aryan peoples|Aryanic People]] by Indian nationalist, teacher |
'''''The Arctic Home in the Vedas''''' is a 1903 book on the origin of [[Indo-Aryan peoples|Aryanic People]] by Indian nationalist, teacher and independence activist [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ashalatha |first1=A. |last2=Koropath |first2=Pradeep |last3=Nambarathil |first3=Saritha |title=Social Science: Standard VIII Part 1 |chapter=6 – Indian National Movement |work=Government of Kerala • Department of Education |publisher=State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) |year=2009 |chapter-url=https://www.itschool.gov.in/pdf/Std_VIII/Social%20Science/SS_VIII_Engpart1.pdf |page=72}}</ref> It propounded the idea that the [[North Pole]] was the original home of Aryans during the pre-glacial period which they had to leave due to the ice deluge around [[8th millennium BC|8000 B.C.]] and had to migrate to the Northern parts of Europe and Asia in search of lands for new settlements. In support to his theory, Tilak presented certain [[Vedic]] hymns, [[Avestic]] passages, Vedic chronology and Vedic calendars with interpretations of the contents in detail. |
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The book was written at the end of 1898, but was first published in March 1903 in [[Pune]]. |
The book was written at the end of 1898, but was first published in March 1903 in [[Pune]]. |
Author | Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
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Language | English |
Subject | History |
Publication date | 1903 |
Publication place | India |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 340 |
ISBN | 9781907166341 |
The Arctic Home in the Vedas is a 1903 book on the origin of Aryanic People by Indian nationalist, teacher and independence activist Bal Gangadhar Tilak.[1] It propounded the idea that the North Pole was the original home of Aryans during the pre-glacial period which they had to leave due to the ice deluge around 8000 B.C. and had to migrate to the Northern parts of Europe and Asia in search of lands for new settlements. In support to his theory, Tilak presented certain Vedic hymns, Avestic passages, Vedic chronology and Vedic calendars with interpretations of the contents in detail.
The book was written at the end of 1898, but was first published in March 1903 in Pune.
Man was believed to be post-glacial, and the theory of an Asiatic origin of the Aryan peoples prevailed. The age of the oldest Vedic period, however, was carried back to 4500 BC by scholars including the author himself after scientific astronomical research in correlation with purported evidence found in the Vedic hymns.[citation needed]
Tilak cites a book by William F. Warren, the first President of Boston University, Paradise Found or the Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole, as having anticipated his ideas to some extent. Warren dedicated his book to Max Müller, with whom Tilak had shared ideas before the book[clarification needed] was completed.
Tilak held the view that further study of Vedic hymns and Avestan passages might reveal the long vista of primitive Aryan antiquity.
M.S. Golwalkar, in his 1939 publication We or Our Nationhood Defined, famously stated that "Undoubtedly [...] we — Hindus — have been in undisputed and undisturbed possession of this land for over eight or even ten thousand years before the land was invaded by any foreign race."[2] Golwalkar was inspired by Tilak's[note 1] The Arctic Home in the Vedas.[3] Gowalkar took over the idea of 10,000 years, arguing that the North Pole at that time was located in India.[3][note 2]
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