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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... probably a confiderable town ; for , its temple is described by Tavernier as une pa- gode fort grande , not inclofed with walls , but erected upon fifty - two lofty columns , with statues of the Indian deities standing between the ...
... probably a confiderable town ; for , its temple is described by Tavernier as une pa- gode fort grande , not inclofed with walls , but erected upon fifty - two lofty columns , with statues of the Indian deities standing between the ...
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... probably be discovered the most ancient and hallowed archives of the country . The calculations of the Brahmins , he adds , carry its antiquity as far back as the time of PARITCHITEN , first king of the coaft of Oriffa , who flourished ...
... probably be discovered the most ancient and hallowed archives of the country . The calculations of the Brahmins , he adds , carry its antiquity as far back as the time of PARITCHITEN , first king of the coaft of Oriffa , who flourished ...
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... probably vifited the place in one of his journeys , with Akber , to Cashmere , exprefsly fays , it was the con- fort , that is , the active power , of Mahadeo , the déftroying god , to whom these fanguinary facrifices , fo much in ...
... probably vifited the place in one of his journeys , with Akber , to Cashmere , exprefsly fays , it was the con- fort , that is , the active power , of Mahadeo , the déftroying god , to whom these fanguinary facrifices , fo much in ...
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... probably APIs , the Egyptian divinity ; and that , if the veneration fhewn , both in Tibet and India , to fo amiable and ufeful a quadruped as the cow has not fome affinity with the religion of Egypt and the idolatry of Ifrael , we muft ...
... probably APIs , the Egyptian divinity ; and that , if the veneration fhewn , both in Tibet and India , to fo amiable and ufeful a quadruped as the cow has not fome affinity with the religion of Egypt and the idolatry of Ifrael , we muft ...
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... probably for the latter cause , from the self - sufficient cha- racter of the Brahmins ; and , that they might vifit the SARMANES of India , as the fages of Greece visited them , rather to acquire than to impart knowledge . M. Anquetil ...
... probably for the latter cause , from the self - sufficient cha- racter of the Brahmins ; and , that they might vifit the SARMANES of India , as the fages of Greece visited them , rather to acquire than to impart knowledge . M. Anquetil ...
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