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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... 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 ]
... 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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... hundred . Under this portico , and in the courts ' that generally inclofe the whole building , an innumerable multitude af- fembled at the rifing of the fun , and , having bathed in the ftream below , and , in confor- mity to an ...
... hundred . Under this portico , and in the courts ' that generally inclofe the whole building , an innumerable multitude af- fembled at the rifing of the fun , and , having bathed in the ftream below , and , in confor- mity to an ...
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... hundred and ninety - three fteps , every step a foot in height ; par un ef- calier de 193 marches , chacune d'un pied de haut , I add the original that I may not appear to exaggerate , Leaving these comparatively small edifices and this ...
... hundred and ninety - three fteps , every step a foot in height ; par un ef- calier de 193 marches , chacune d'un pied de haut , I add the original that I may not appear to exaggerate , Leaving these comparatively small edifices and this ...
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... brought from the Ganges , at the distance of twelve hundred miles . Around the dome were dif- perfed fome thousands of images in gold and filver , of various fhapes and dimensions , fo fo that on this fpot , as in a grand [ 38 ]
... brought from the Ganges , at the distance of twelve hundred miles . Around the dome were dif- perfed fome thousands of images in gold and filver , of various fhapes and dimensions , fo fo that on this fpot , as in a grand [ 38 ]
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... hundred feet ; that its altitude from that bafe to the fummit was the fame number of feet , and that each ftone ... hundred thoufand men were constantly employed , one hundred thoufand 4 thoufand men fucceeding each other in alter- nate ...
... hundred feet ; that its altitude from that bafe to the fummit was the fame number of feet , and that each ftone ... hundred thoufand men were constantly employed , one hundred thoufand 4 thoufand men fucceeding each other in alter- nate ...
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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