The Arctic Home in the Vedas

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The Arctic Home in the Vedas is a 1903 book by Bal Gangadhar Tilak that controversially argues the ancient Aryans originally lived in the Arctic region, interpreting Vedic texts and astronomical data to support this theory.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
author Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⓘ
bibliographicCategory works by Bal Gangadhar Tilak ⓘ
chronologyClaim places Vedic Aryans in the Arctic in a remote prehistoric period ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
field Indology ⓘ
cultural history ⓘ
history of religions ⓘ
genre historical speculation ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ
hasFormat digital ⓘ
print ⓘ
hasPart analysis of Rigveda hymns ⓘ
discussion of polar day and night in Vedic imagery ⓘ
reconstruction of prehistoric migrations ⓘ
hasPerspective nationalist interpretation of Vedic past ⓘ
influenced Hindu nationalist thought ⓘ
debates on Aryan homeland ⓘ
influencedBy 19th-century comparative philology ⓘ
Indo-European migration theories ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainClaim Vedic hymns preserve memories of an Arctic homeland ⓘ
ancient Aryans originally lived in the Arctic region ⓘ
notableFor Arctic origin theory of the Aryans ⓘ
controversial interpretation of Vedic chronology ⓘ
placeDescribed Arctic region ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
positionOnAryanHomeland locates original Aryan home near the North Pole ⓘ
publicationYear 1903 ⓘ
publisherStatus public domain in many jurisdictions ⓘ
reception considered highly controversial by scholars ⓘ
largely rejected by mainstream Indology ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Orion, or Researches into the Antiquity of the Vedas ⓘ
subject Aryans ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Aryan peoples

Indo-European origins ⓘ
Vedas ⓘ
ancient Indian history ⓘ
astronomical chronology ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed Vedic period ⓘ
prehistoric era ⓘ
usesEvidenceFrom Vedic texts ⓘ
linked to: Vedas

astronomical data ⓘ
mythological interpretation ⓘ

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak → notableWork → The Arctic Home in the Vedas ⓘ
The Arctic Home in the Vedas → notableFor → Arctic origin theory of the Aryans ⓘ
linked to: The Arctic Home in the Vedas