वेदों की प्राचीनता एवं काल-निर्णय / ओरायन (लोकमान्य बाल गंगाधर तिलक - खगोलीय वैदिक शोध)

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ice and snow of the Glacial period. The Vedic and the Ave-
stic passages, quoted in the previous chapters, directly point to
such a home in primeval times, and we now see that the testi-
mony of scholars, like Prof. Rhys, who have independently
examined the Celtic, Teutonic and other mythologies of the.
European branches of the Aryan race, fully bears out the con-
clusion we have deduced from the Indo-Iranian traditions.
We have also seen that our view is supported by the latest
scientific researches, and is not inconsistent with the results
of comparative philology. We may, therefore, take it as
established that the original home of the Aryan people
was in the far north, in regions round about the North Pole,
and that we have correctly interpreted the Vedic and the
Avestic traditions which had long remained mis-interpreted
or mis-understood.