THE ARCTIC HOME IN THE VEDAS

Being Also a New Key to the Interpretation of
Many Vedic Texts and Legends


By

Lokamanya Bâl Gangâdhar Tilak


Poona City, India, 1903



CONTENTS


. Preface p. i – ix
Chapter I Prehistoric Times p. 1
Chapter II The Glacial Period p. 19
Chapter III The Arctic Regions p. 37
Chapter IV The Night of the Gods p. 57
Chapter V The Vedic Dawns p. 74
Chapter VI Long Day and Long Night p. 113
Chapter VII Months and Seasons p. 136
Chapter VIII The Cows’ Walk p. 173
Chapter IX Vedic Myths — The Captive Waters p. 216
Chapter X Vedic Myths — The Matutinal Deities p. 276
Chapter XI The Avestic Evidence p. 328
Chapter XII Comparative Mythology p. 364
Chapter XIII The Bearing of Our Results on the History of Primitive Aryan Culture and Religion p. 385
. Index p. 433

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