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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... four miles ; and the ftones , that form the ftately roof of its principal gateway to the South , are thirty - three feet long and five and a half in diameter . We are equally awed by the * Cambridge's War in India , p . 25 , O & t ...
... four miles ; and the ftones , that form the ftately roof of its principal gateway to the South , are thirty - three feet long and five and a half in diameter . We are equally awed by the * Cambridge's War in India , p . 25 , O & t ...
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... four elements , and al lufive to the four quarters of the world . But I will not , in this place , anticipate the obfer- vations that will occur hereafter in more regu- lar order and with more ftrict propriety . I fhall firft defcribe ...
... four elements , and al lufive to the four quarters of the world . But I will not , in this place , anticipate the obfer- vations that will occur hereafter in more regu- lar order and with more ftrict propriety . I fhall firft defcribe ...
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... four hundred feet in breadth * . At the entrance of all the more confiderable pagodas there is a portico , fupported by rows B 3 See Mr. Crauford's Sketches , val . i . P. 106 . of of lofty columns , and afcended by a hand- fome [ 21 ]
... four hundred feet in breadth * . At the entrance of all the more confiderable pagodas there is a portico , fupported by rows B 3 See Mr. Crauford's Sketches , val . i . P. 106 . of of lofty columns , and afcended by a hand- fome [ 21 ]
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... four elements , ) with a very high cupola in the centre of the building , but fome- what PYRAMIDAL towards the fummit ; and at the extremity of every one of the four parts of the crofs there is a tower , to which there is an afcent on ...
... four elements , ) with a very high cupola in the centre of the building , but fome- what PYRAMIDAL towards the fummit ; and at the extremity of every one of the four parts of the crofs there is a tower , to which there is an afcent on ...
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... four - and - thirty pilafters . The temple itself is elevated upon forty - four pillars , ranging two and two in regular order through the build- ing , and the pavement is of marble . Twelve beautiful domes , of different dimenfions ...
... four - and - thirty pilafters . The temple itself is elevated upon forty - four pillars , ranging two and two in regular order through the build- ing , and the pavement is of marble . Twelve beautiful domes , of different dimenfions ...
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