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96 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, {April, 1911. 
The following extract speaks for itself :— 
‘*The Vedas do not seem to inculcate this form of worship, 
—and the lingam is undoubtedly one of the most ancient idol 
objects of homage adopted in India, subsequently to the ritual 
he Vedas 
The worship of Shiva seems to have come about the begin- 
ning of the Christian era, from the basin of the Lower Indus, 
through Rajputana, and to have displaced the nature worship 
of the Vedas.’’—-The Cyclopaedia o India, page 482 i. 
— es ae Nae a ie Si aero 
