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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... edifice . It must be owned , however , that this ftyle of building , with cir- cular wings and long ranging avenues of co- lumns , in the manner of the temples of Phi- lae and the ferpent Cnuph , is more parti- cularly cularly ...
... edifice . It must be owned , however , that this ftyle of building , with cir- cular wings and long ranging avenues of co- lumns , in the manner of the temples of Phi- lae and the ferpent Cnuph , is more parti- cularly cularly ...
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... the Afiatic temples at once their lofty cupolas , and that pyramidal termination which they alternately affume , and which are often feen blended to- gether VOL . III . B gether in different parts of the fame edifice . Their [ 17 ]
... the Afiatic temples at once their lofty cupolas , and that pyramidal termination which they alternately affume , and which are often feen blended to- gether VOL . III . B gether in different parts of the fame edifice . Their [ 17 ]
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... edifice . Their aftronomical and phyfical theology ftamped upon other fhrines of the Deity fometimes the OVAL form , that is , the form of the MUNDANE EGG , the image of that world which his power made and governs ; and on others again ...
... edifice . Their aftronomical and phyfical theology ftamped upon other fhrines of the Deity fometimes the OVAL form , that is , the form of the MUNDANE EGG , the image of that world which his power made and governs ; and on others again ...
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... edifice partitioned out , according to M. Thevenot in his account of Chitanagar , in the manner of the ancient cave - temples of Elora , having a central nave , or body ; a gallery ranging on each fide ; and , at the farther end , a ...
... edifice partitioned out , according to M. Thevenot in his account of Chitanagar , in the manner of the ancient cave - temples of Elora , having a central nave , or body ; a gallery ranging on each fide ; and , at the farther end , a ...
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... edifice that alluded to the Hin- doo mythology . There can fcarcely be a doubt , from Thevenot's defcription of the great Mohammedan mofque , in this famous city , called Juma - Mefgid , that it was an- ciently a Hindoo temple . It was ...
... edifice that alluded to the Hin- doo mythology . There can fcarcely be a doubt , from Thevenot's defcription of the great Mohammedan mofque , in this famous city , called Juma - Mefgid , that it was an- ciently a Hindoo temple . It was ...
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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