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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 15
Page 37
... relations are given by the Perfian and Arabian authors , who wrote the life of Mahmud and his defcendants ; authors from whofe valuable works Ferishtah proba- bly drew the materials of his Indian History ; and which authors , after ...
... relations are given by the Perfian and Arabian authors , who wrote the life of Mahmud and his defcendants ; authors from whofe valuable works Ferishtah proba- bly drew the materials of his Indian History ; and which authors , after ...
Page 39
... relation of that event as it ftands in the proposed hiftory . Mahmud being informed of the riches col- lected at Sumnaut , as well as of the tremen- dous menace of the idol , if he approached that hallowed fhrine , was determined to put ...
... relation of that event as it ftands in the proposed hiftory . Mahmud being informed of the riches col- lected at Sumnaut , as well as of the tremen- dous menace of the idol , if he approached that hallowed fhrine , was determined to put ...
Page 67
... relations , and accurately inspect the engravings , exhibited by those travellers , of its magnificent but mouldering fhrines , he will find this affertion verified in a manner equally pointed and surprising . In Mr. Gough's fhort view ...
... relations , and accurately inspect the engravings , exhibited by those travellers , of its magnificent but mouldering fhrines , he will find this affertion verified in a manner equally pointed and surprising . In Mr. Gough's fhort view ...
Page 83
... relations , the latter , by Dio- dorus Siculus , feems to be far more confonant to that of the accurate Mr. Greaves ... relation of Diodorus comes nearest to the truth . " He defcribes the fum- mit F 2 66 mit as terminating , " not in a ...
... relations , the latter , by Dio- dorus Siculus , feems to be far more confonant to that of the accurate Mr. Greaves ... relation of Diodorus comes nearest to the truth . " He defcribes the fum- mit F 2 66 mit as terminating , " not in a ...
Page 88
... relation is too interesting to be abridged . " This rich and fpacious apart- ment , in which art may feem to have con- tended with nature , the curious work being not inferior to the rich materials , is formed in the heart and centre of ...
... relation is too interesting to be abridged . " This rich and fpacious apart- ment , in which art may feem to have con- tended with nature , the curious work being not inferior to the rich materials , is formed in the heart and centre of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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