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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Page 36
... Gazna , in his invafion of this part of India , about the year 1000 of our æra . The temple of SUMNAUT , a deity very nearly related , I conceive , to JAGGERNAUT of Oriffa , or rather , as I fhall hereafter en- deavour , from the ...
... Gazna , in his invafion of this part of India , about the year 1000 of our æra . The temple of SUMNAUT , a deity very nearly related , I conceive , to JAGGERNAUT of Oriffa , or rather , as I fhall hereafter en- deavour , from the ...
Page 39
... Gazna with an immenfe army , and ad- vancing by the way of Multan and Ajmere , through two terrible deferts , where nothing but the most prudent exertions faved that army from being annihilated by famine , he arrived , without ...
... Gazna with an immenfe army , and ad- vancing by the way of Multan and Ajmere , through two terrible deferts , where nothing but the most prudent exertions faved that army from being annihilated by famine , he arrived , without ...
Page 42
... , This unexpected treafure , with all the other spoil , taken in the temple and city of Sumnaut were immediately fecured and fent to Gazna ; while fragments of the demolished idol were diftributed to the while [ 42 ] • ...
... , This unexpected treafure , with all the other spoil , taken in the temple and city of Sumnaut were immediately fecured and fent to Gazna ; while fragments of the demolished idol were diftributed to the while [ 42 ] • ...
Page 43
... Gazna , to be thrown at the threshold of their gates , and trampled upon by devout and zealous muffulmen . · If the reader fhould now choose to afcend towards the city of Naugracut , in the great range of mountains fo called , whither ...
... Gazna , to be thrown at the threshold of their gates , and trampled upon by devout and zealous muffulmen . · If the reader fhould now choose to afcend towards the city of Naugracut , in the great range of mountains fo called , whither ...
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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