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 60
... superstitions of Egypt , and both India , Scythia , and China , became in time polluted with the multiform idolatry , which , in fo remarkable a manner , prevailed on the banks of the Nile . If this explication of the introduction into ...
... superstitions of Egypt , and both India , Scythia , and China , became in time polluted with the multiform idolatry , which , in fo remarkable a manner , prevailed on the banks of the Nile . If this explication of the introduction into ...
Page 61
... superstitions , introduced the worship of Apis , before unknown to the natives . Sir W. Jones seems , in fome degree , to confirm the opinion of both these refpectable authors , † when he fays that BOODH was undoubtedly the WOD or ODEN ...
... superstitions , introduced the worship of Apis , before unknown to the natives . Sir W. Jones seems , in fome degree , to confirm the opinion of both these refpectable authors , † when he fays that BOODH was undoubtedly the WOD or ODEN ...
Page 88
... very remarkable , because erected after themanner of the pyramidal temple of Belus . 2 , and evidently proves inwhat country the Americans first caught the SABIAN SUPERSTITION teen feet ; and the height as nineteen feet and.
... very remarkable , because erected after themanner of the pyramidal temple of Belus . 2 , and evidently proves inwhat country the Americans first caught the SABIAN SUPERSTITION teen feet ; and the height as nineteen feet and.
Page 127
... superstition , fince the earliest created edifices bore impreffed the marks of the reigning devotion . The fubject , generally confidered , opens a wide field for inftigation , and I fhall easily obtain the pardon of my readers for ...
... superstition , fince the earliest created edifices bore impreffed the marks of the reigning devotion . The fubject , generally confidered , opens a wide field for inftigation , and I fhall easily obtain the pardon of my readers for ...
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