________________
( 122 )
the Brahmāryans in later history. It became the chief sacrificial and propitiatory grain. This position was earlier occupied by barley. If the Brahmāryans had known it earlier ; they would have hailed it as the best food.
Aryans had domesticated and tamed horse. Ass was a popular animal, even for military purposes, in Western Asia. Horse was the chief instrument in gaining military victories for the Āryans. Camel was an important animal in Northern Rajasthan and the Elephant in Eastern Punjab where the principal Aryo-Bhāratīyan Wars were fought. The unpopularity of the Ass, the Camel and the Elephant with the Aryans accounts for their foreign origin. The evidence of the flora, the fauna and the other ancillary subjects shows that the Aryan culture was quite foreign to the original people of Bhārata. Anthropology and Austric Linguistics provide the best proofs for this thesis. This evidence takes afar the Āryan Cradle-Land beyond the frontiers of North Iran, the Hindukush and the Himalayas.
References 1. D. N. Wadia; Geological Background of Indian History (In Vedic
Age); 1957; Page 82. 2. D. N. Wadia ; Op. cit. 3. B. Subbarao ; Op. cit., Figure No. 2 facing Page 7. 4. J. Perzyluski and others ; Op. cit., Pages XXI ff ; 4ff ; 154 ff. 5. J. Perzyluski and others; Op. cit., Page XXVI ff, 130. 6. S. K. Chatterjee ; Race Movements and Pre-historic Culture (In
Vedic Age); 1957 ; Pages 150-151. 7. J. Porzyluski and others; Op. cit.; Page 95. 3. S. Piggot; Op. cit.; Page 43.
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
