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