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 vii
... groves and fubterraneous caverns , he is here introduc- ed into thofe ftupendous ftructures , the pa- godas of Hindoftan ; and as , in the former volume , A 4 volume , the Indian and Egyptian facred caverns were compared PREFACE. ...
... groves and fubterraneous caverns , he is here introduc- ed into thofe ftupendous ftructures , the pa- godas of Hindoftan ; and as , in the former volume , A 4 volume , the Indian and Egyptian facred caverns were compared PREFACE. ...
Page viii
... facred caverns were compared , fo , in the prefent , the parallel is extended to the erected temples of either country . The fame eminent Sanscreet scholars , MR . HAlhed , SIR WILLIAM JONES , and MR . WILKINS , who were his guides ...
... facred caverns were compared , fo , in the prefent , the parallel is extended to the erected temples of either country . The fame eminent Sanscreet scholars , MR . HAlhed , SIR WILLIAM JONES , and MR . WILKINS , who were his guides ...
Page 12
... facred to each Country ; as , for inftance , the MEMPHIAN BULL and the CNEPH of Egypt are difcovered in the BULL of Seeva and the SERPENTS at Elephanta while the RAM , facred to JUPITER , and the GOAT , to PAN , are feen blended with ...
... facred to each Country ; as , for inftance , the MEMPHIAN BULL and the CNEPH of Egypt are difcovered in the BULL of Seeva and the SERPENTS at Elephanta while the RAM , facred to JUPITER , and the GOAT , to PAN , are feen blended with ...
Page 15
... facred edifices of India and Egypt . In fact , of these pagodas , the moft venerable for their anti- quity , as , for inftance , thofe of Deogur and Tanjore , engraved among the accurate and beautiful designs of Mr. Hodges , are erected ...
... facred edifices of India and Egypt . In fact , of these pagodas , the moft venerable for their anti- quity , as , for inftance , thofe of Deogur and Tanjore , engraved among the accurate and beautiful designs of Mr. Hodges , are erected ...
Page 17
... facred . There is , in Pococke , a large plate of Egyptian co- lumns , with their varied capitals : thofe capi- tals , in general , bulge out towards the centre , fomewhat after the manner of the cushion that crowns the Indian column ...
... facred . There is , in Pococke , a large plate of Egyptian co- lumns , with their varied capitals : thofe capi- tals , in general , bulge out towards the centre , fomewhat after the manner of the cushion that crowns the Indian column ...
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