Q. The Arctic Home of the Vedas” was written by
(a) Minoo Masani
(b) Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(c) S. Radhakrishnan
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Ans: (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Explanation: “The Arctic Home of the Vedas” was written by option (d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent Indian nationalist and social reformer, authored the book “The Arctic Home of the Vedas” in 1903. In this book, Tilak put forth his theory that the ancient Indian civilization had originated in the Arctic region and that the Vedas, the sacred texts of Hinduism, had been composed there.
Tilak’s book proposed a hypothesis connecting the ancient Indian scriptures with the geography and climate of the Arctic region. He argued that the Aryan ancestors of the Indian people migrated from the Arctic to the Indian subcontinent, and the references in the Vedas to rivers, celestial phenomena, and natural elements were based on their Arctic experiences.
While Tilak’s theory was met with mixed reactions and received criticism from some scholars, “The Arctic Home of the Vedas” remains an important work in the field of Indology and has sparked debates and discussions about the origins and historical interpretations of ancient Indian civilization.