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5. GEOLOGICAL TESTS
The formations of the earth determine the natural conditions of a particular region. Geology is the mother of geography. Geological conditions determine Geological conditioning of Phy- the way of living of the people inhabiting a particular region. Three of the Home theories, the Artic, the central Asian and the Sapta-Sindhu, employ geological arguments.
sical Life.
The Aryans were the hardy people of the mountains. The leaders of the undivided Aryans, Agni, Pārjanya and Soma and the Asiaryan leaders, Indra and Maruts, are very closely connected with mountains. They know vast and self-sustained mountains. Maruts and Indra shatter the mountains. Maruts are residents of mountains. Indra is born on the skirts of the mountains. Indra fought his battles with Sambar and other Dāśa and Daśyu chiefs on mountains.1 Soma is born in mountains and resides in mountains. Indra drinks Soma on the day of his birth.3 The father of Soma is Pārjanya. Thus Soma precedes Indra. Pārjanya is known to undivided Āryans."
The Aryans were pastoral nomads shepherding big flocks and herds of cattle. Their cattle were reared on mountains. The waters of the mountains nourished their cattle. They grazed upon good pastures. They loved those pastures which flourished with abundant fodder. They despised regions of extreme heat. They tended their cattle on the widespread grassy lands of cooler climates."
The Aryans were hunters on lands and fishers on watery places. Agriculture appears to be their secondary avocation. This sort of economic life of the undivided
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