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CHAPTER XIII
THE BEARING OF OUR RESULTS ON THE
HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE ARYAN CULTURE
AND RELIGION

Proofs of the theory of the Arctic home summed up-They clearly
indicate a Polar home, but the exact spot in the Arctic regions, that
is, north of Europe or Asia, still undeterminable-An Arctic home
possible only in inter-Glacial times according to geology-Ancient
Vedic chronology and calendar examined-The interval between the
commencement of the post-Glacial era and the Orion period cannot
according to it, be so great as 8,ooo years-Supported by the mode-
rate estimate of the American geologists-Purat:~ic chronology of yugas,
11wm•a11Lm·as and k.dpas-Rangacharya's and Aiyer's Yiews thereon-
Later Purat:~ic system evolved out of an original cycle of four yugas of
Io,ooo year;, since the last deluge-The theory of 'diviuc years ' un-
known to 11anu and Vyasa-Adopted by later writers who could not
believe that they live in the Krita age-The original tradition of
I O,ooo years since the last deluge fully in accord with Vedic chrono-
logy- And also with the American estimate of 8,000 B. C. for the
beginning of the post Glacial period-Ali pro,·c the existence of a Polar
Aryan heme before 8,000 B. C.-Trustworthines of the ancient
traditions and the method of preserving them-The theory of the Polar
.origin of the whole human race not inconsistent with the theory of the
Arctic Aryan home-Current views regarding primitiye Aryan culture
and religion examined-Primitive Aryan man and his civilisation can-
not now be treated as post-Glacial-Certain destruction of the primeval
-civilization and culture by the Ice Age-Short-comings or defe~.;ts in the
civilisation of the Neolithic Aryan races in Europe must, therefore, be
·ascribed to a post-diluvian relapse into barbarism-Life and calendar
.in the inter-Glacial Arctic home-Det~a.llnna and PitriYa11•l and deitie&
worshipped during the period-The ancient sacrifices of the Aryan race
-The degree of civilisation reached by the undivided Aryans in their
Arctic home-The results of Comparative Philology stated-The ciYili-
sation disclosed by them must be taken to be the mini11111111 or the lo-J.'est,
that can be predicated of the undivided Aryans-The culture of the un-
divided Aryans higher than the culture of the Stone or the ~Ietal age-
Use of metal coins among them highly p~obable-Beginnings of the
Aryan language, or the differentiation of human races according to
,colour or language still untraceable-The origin of Aryan man and reli-
.gion lost in geological antiquity-Theological views regarding the origin