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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... those caverns to the folar orb and fire , and in unfolding all the wonders of the fidereal metempsy- chofs , will attend his progress through the DELTA and the THEBAIS ; and , for the first time that the attempt has in any extent been ...
... those caverns to the folar orb and fire , and in unfolding all the wonders of the fidereal metempsy- chofs , will attend his progress through the DELTA and the THEBAIS ; and , for the first time that the attempt has in any extent been ...
Page 13
... of the ftones that form this gateway , does not give their exact dimensions ; he only fays , " they are still larger than those that form the pillars of it . " - the majestic appearance of these august fanes , and ftruck [ 13 ]
... of the ftones that form this gateway , does not give their exact dimensions ; he only fays , " they are still larger than those that form the pillars of it . " - the majestic appearance of these august fanes , and ftruck [ 13 ]
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... those of either country , will be detailed in the differtation alluded to . The reader will please to obferve , that I by no means intend or prefume to give a general hiftory of Oriental architecture : I fhall re- ftrain my obfervations ...
... those of either country , will be detailed in the differtation alluded to . The reader will please to obferve , that I by no means intend or prefume to give a general hiftory of Oriental architecture : I fhall re- ftrain my obfervations ...
Page 19
... those already inftanced in all India , are the pago- das of JAGGERNAUT , BENARES , MATTRA , and TRIPETTY , to which I fhall add , from private authority , the name of one which that traveller did not vifit , that of SERING- HAM . I ...
... those already inftanced in all India , are the pago- das of JAGGERNAUT , BENARES , MATTRA , and TRIPETTY , to which I fhall add , from private authority , the name of one which that traveller did not vifit , that of SERING- HAM . I ...
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... those of that primitive , fimple , and robust , order . It is not impoffible that the Greeks might derive from India their firft notion of an order naturally dictated by a mode of building , widely different from the light , elegant ...
... those of that primitive , fimple , and robust , order . It is not impoffible that the Greeks might derive from India their firft notion of an order naturally dictated by a mode of building , widely different from the light , elegant ...
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