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Papers on Great Indian Questions of the Day
Papers on Great Indian Questions of the Day Author:John Murdoch General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1903 Original Publisher: Christian Literature Society for India Subjects: Hinduism Christianity and other religions Religion / Comparative Religion Religion / Hinduism / General Religion / Christianity / General Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the ori... more »ginal. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SOCIAL LIFE IN VEDIC TIMES'." . '. ' -.-1 -n .-i . . . |. , i ... i. : , i . H. . The original seat of the Aryans is'disputed. Until a few years ago it was generally supposed to be in Central Asia. Some scholars now contend that it was in Eastern Europe. Max Miiller still adheres to " Somewhere in Asia." It was colder than India, for they counted their years by winters. In the Vedic prayers for long life, the worshipper asks for a hundred winters (himas). Like the northern tribes, they laid great stress upon the ashvamedha, or horse-sacrifice. Compared with their neighbours, they had a white or fair complexion. n-i When the Aryans increased in number so that their original home was unable to support them, they emigrated in bands. Some went westward towards the setting sun, and peopled Europe. Others turned their faces eastwards, and advanced towards the valley of the Indus. They marched in a large body, with their families, their servants, their cattle. India was probably entered by the mountain passes near Peshawar. liivers were forded at conveniently shallow places, or, if deep, they were crossed in boats. . The greater part of India was then covered with forest, with scattered villages and towns belonging to the aboriginal tribes, who were of a dark complexion, and spoke a strange language. The Aryas had the pride of race in an extravagant degree, showing'great contempt and hatred of the o...« less