Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical Divisions, the Pure System of Primeval Theology, the Grand Code of Civil Laws, the Original Form of Government, the Widely-extended Commerce, and the Various Profound Literature, of Hindostan: Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...The Author, 1801 - India |
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... stone steps ; fometimes , as in the inftance of Tripetti , * to the number of more than a hundred . Under this portico , and in the courts ' that generally inclofe the whole building , an innumerable multitude af- fembled at the rifing ...
... stone steps ; fometimes , as in the inftance of Tripetti , * to the number of more than a hundred . Under this portico , and in the courts ' that generally inclofe the whole building , an innumerable multitude af- fembled at the rifing ...
Page 31
... stone , or the SoмMONACODOM , concerning which fomething more particular will occur hereafter . That execrable spirit of bigotry which actuated the mind of Aureng- zeb , A zeb , fo different from that of the mild [ 31 ]
... stone , or the SoмMONACODOM , concerning which fomething more particular will occur hereafter . That execrable spirit of bigotry which actuated the mind of Aureng- zeb , A zeb , fo different from that of the mild [ 31 ]
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... stone , fifty cubits in height , forty- feven of which were buried in the ground ; and , on that spot , according to the Brahmins , he had been worshipped between four and five thousand years , a period beyond which , it is remarkable ...
... stone , fifty cubits in height , forty- feven of which were buried in the ground ; and , on that spot , according to the Brahmins , he had been worshipped between four and five thousand years , a period beyond which , it is remarkable ...
Page 57
... Stone- Deity of the SIAMESE , and of the Superfti- tion of ВOODH . - Additional Evidence of an early and familiar Intercourfe fubfifting be- tween the EGYPTIANS and INDIANS ad- duced . First , in their mutual Veneration of the facred ...
... Stone- Deity of the SIAMESE , and of the Superfti- tion of ВOODH . - Additional Evidence of an early and familiar Intercourfe fubfifting be- tween the EGYPTIANS and INDIANS ad- duced . First , in their mutual Veneration of the facred ...
Page 63
... stone statue , about a foot long , representing an ox , ill - shaped , lying down , with a bell about his neck , and yet reeking with the oil of the facrifices . He proposed to his fervant , who was a Parfé , to take it away with him ...
... stone statue , about a foot long , representing an ox , ill - shaped , lying down , with a bell about his neck , and yet reeking with the oil of the facrifices . He proposed to his fervant , who was a Parfé , to take it away with him ...
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adored adorned æra afcended affertion Afiatic aftoniſhing aftronomical alfo animals antiquity architecture Aurengzeb beautiful becauſe Brahmins caverns celebrated circumftance coloffal columns confecrated confidered conftruction dæmons decorated defcendants defcribed defcription defigns deity Diodorus Diodorus Siculus dome Doric order edifice Egypt Egyptian engraved erected fabricated facred fame fays fculptured feems feet ferpent feven fhall fhould fhrine fide figns fimilar fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome fquare ftatues ftill ftones ftructure ftupendous fuch fuperb fuperftition fuppofed fupported fymbol Gazna grand groves Herodotus hieroglyphics hiftory himſelf Hindoftan Hindoo idol Ifis India Indian inftance itſelf Jaggernaut lefs lofty maffy magnificent majeſtic marble Mithra moft ancient moſt muſt Nile obferved Ofiris paffage pagoda Perfian Plutarch Pococke portico prefent prieſts purpoſe pyramids reader reafon receffes repreſented Reſearches reſemblance rites roof Savary temple Thebais thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Typhon univerfally uſed vafe vaft veneration Vitruvius walls whofe worſhip