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
... means , he will be better enabled to comprehend the plan purfued by the author in the courfe of fo extenfive an in- veftigation . From confecrated groves and fubterraneous caverns , he is here introduc- ed into thofe ftupendous ...
... means , he will be better enabled to comprehend the plan purfued by the author in the courfe of fo extenfive an in- veftigation . From confecrated groves and fubterraneous caverns , he is here introduc- ed into thofe ftupendous ...
Page ix
... means the period for fuppreffing any ad- ditional teftimonies to the truth of one of the fundamental articles of that noble system , and he trufts that he has brought together fuch a body of evidence as will decifively establish the ...
... means the period for fuppreffing any ad- ditional teftimonies to the truth of one of the fundamental articles of that noble system , and he trufts that he has brought together fuch a body of evidence as will decifively establish the ...
Page 18
... means intend or prefume to give a general hiftory of Oriental architecture : I fhall re- ftrain my obfervations to that of India , Egypt , and the early periods of the Greek and Roman empires , and fhall principally confider in the ...
... means intend or prefume to give a general hiftory of Oriental architecture : I fhall re- ftrain my obfervations to that of India , Egypt , and the early periods of the Greek and Roman empires , and fhall principally confider in the ...
Page 54
... means in unifon with the prevailing fymmetry that reigns in their conftruction ; though it must be confeffed , that the ponderous orna- ments of gold and jewels , with which they are decorated , are perfectly fo with the fumptu- oufnefs ...
... means in unifon with the prevailing fymmetry that reigns in their conftruction ; though it must be confeffed , that the ponderous orna- ments of gold and jewels , with which they are decorated , are perfectly fo with the fumptu- oufnefs ...
Page 69
... means the leaft remarkable among those with which he has made us acquainted : that the two branches of the Nile , which form the tract called the Delta , divide at the head of that Delta at a place called BATN EL BAKARI , or , the Cow's ...
... means the leaft remarkable among those with which he has made us acquainted : that the two branches of the Nile , which form the tract called the Delta , divide at the head of that Delta at a place called BATN EL BAKARI , or , the Cow's ...
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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