Editorial Reviews  
Book Description  
A scholarly tour de force that will revolutionize the way we view the ancient world. 

The author, Georg Feuerstein , June 29, 1998 
A summary of leading-edge research and thinking about India.  
It was a great experience to be able to write this book with my friends Subhash Kak and David Frawley, both of whom have been steeped in ancient Vedic lore for very many years. My own encounter with the Vedas dates back to the late 1960s when I was preparing the manuscript of THE ESSENCE OF YOGA (also available from Amazon Books), which I coauthored with the British Vedicist Jeanine Miller. I regard the Rig-Veda as the single most significant intellectual creation of ancient India. Working on IN... 

Bali Life Comments 
This  is a ground breaking work on history of the Vedas as well as world early civilization that will have great impact to humanity in the way we understand our root. It explored Sarasvati-Indus excavated sites, supported by satellite and other technology as well as information from the text of Rig Veda, to prove that in fact the Vedas were not come from out side of India brought in by so called Aryan race, instead they are the genuine offspring of revelations from divine source experienced by ancient Indian Rishis. This resulting in the knowledge that it's India and not Sumer or other places of the world as the root of human civilization. Arya is not a race of flesh and blood, instead a Vedic term for noble, enlightened and brave person. Facts that support this book including the discovery of Sarasvati river that dried out around 2500 BC. This river referred in the Rig Veda several times.