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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... marble , have fteps regu- larly defcending from the margin to the bottom , and Mr. Crauford obferved many be- tween three and four hundred feet in breadth * . At the entrance of all the more confiderable pagodas there is a portico ...
... marble , have fteps regu- larly defcending from the margin to the bottom , and Mr. Crauford obferved many be- tween three and four hundred feet in breadth * . At the entrance of all the more confiderable pagodas there is a portico ...
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... marble , and surrounded with porticoes , fup- ported * Sketches of the Mythology and Customs of the Hindoos , by Mr. Forfter , p . 4 . ported by marble columns , into the third or inner [ 32 ]
... marble , and surrounded with porticoes , fup- ported * Sketches of the Mythology and Customs of the Hindoos , by Mr. Forfter , p . 4 . ported by marble columns , into the third or inner [ 32 ]
Page 33
... marble columns , into the third or inner court of which no perfon was permitted to enter with his fandals on . The infide roof and walls of this pagoda are adorned with Mofaic work and agates of various colours , and all the porticoes ...
... marble columns , into the third or inner court of which no perfon was permitted to enter with his fandals on . The infide roof and walls of this pagoda are adorned with Mofaic work and agates of various colours , and all the porticoes ...
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... marble . Twelve beautiful domes , of different dimenfions , meet the eye of the fpectator on his approach to the temple . In the middle of the front of it are three great arches ; at the fides are two large fquare gates that open into ...
... marble . Twelve beautiful domes , of different dimenfions , meet the eye of the fpectator on his approach to the temple . In the middle of the front of it are three great arches ; at the fides are two large fquare gates that open into ...
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... ftupendous than his hiftory and his actions . According to Tavernier , it is one of the moft fumptuous edifices in all India , con- ftructed of the fame beautiful red ftone , or marble , marble , with which , I before obferved , the [ 46 ]
... ftupendous than his hiftory and his actions . According to Tavernier , it is one of the moft fumptuous edifices in all India , con- ftructed of the fame beautiful red ftone , or marble , marble , with which , I before obferved , the [ 46 ]
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