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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... give the Afiatic temples at once their lofty cupolas , and that pyramidal termination which they alternately affume , and which are often feen blended to- gether VOL . III . B gether in different parts of the fame edifice . Their [ 17 ]
... give the Afiatic temples at once their lofty cupolas , and that pyramidal termination which they alternately affume , and which are often feen blended to- gether VOL . III . B gether in different parts of the fame edifice . Their [ 17 ]
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... once fymbolical of the 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 ...
... once fymbolical of the 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 ...
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... once more attend him to the grand temple of Jaggernaut , the moft celebrated but un- doubtedly not among the oldeft fhrines of India . I am aware that this affertion is di- rectly contrary to the opinion which Mr. Sonnerat appears to ...
... once more attend him to the grand temple of Jaggernaut , the moft celebrated but un- doubtedly not among the oldeft fhrines of India . I am aware that this affertion is di- rectly contrary to the opinion which Mr. Sonnerat appears to ...
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... ; and that the facred domains , that belonged to the temple , the munificent donation of fucceffive rajahs , once afforded pafturage to above 20,000 cows . The The Peninfula of India , however , affords two inftances [ 28 ]
... ; and that the facred domains , that belonged to the temple , the munificent donation of fucceffive rajahs , once afforded pafturage to above 20,000 cows . The The Peninfula of India , however , affords two inftances [ 28 ]
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... once flourishing city and university . There is another remarkable inftance of the brutal conduct of Aurengzeb in regard to the pagoda of Ahmed - Abad , in Guzzurat , which therefore may not improperly be noticed here . It is called the ...
... once flourishing city and university . There is another remarkable inftance of the brutal conduct of Aurengzeb in regard to the pagoda of Ahmed - Abad , in Guzzurat , which therefore may not improperly be noticed here . It is called the ...
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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