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 27
... vast bull , which , as related in a former page , juts out , with an eastern aspect , from the centre of the building . The fuppo- fition of Major Rennel † is far more probable , that it was erected about the eleventh century , after ...
... vast bull , which , as related in a former page , juts out , with an eastern aspect , from the centre of the building . The fuppo- fition of Major Rennel † is far more probable , that it was erected about the eleventh century , after ...
Page 30
... VAST CROSS , ( that is , a St. Andrew's crofs , allufive to the four elements , ) with a very high cupola in the centre of the building , but fome- what PYRAMIDAL towards the fummit ; and at the extremity of every one of the four parts ...
... VAST CROSS , ( that is , a St. Andrew's crofs , allufive to the four elements , ) with a very high cupola in the centre of the building , but fome- what PYRAMIDAL towards the fummit ; and at the extremity of every one of the four parts ...
Page 73
... vast plain of Egypt ; and , after survey- ing with filent astonishment the massy frag- ments of rock of which the pyramids are compofed , as well as learning their exact dimenfions from the accurate geometrician Mr. Greaves , let us ...
... vast plain of Egypt ; and , after survey- ing with filent astonishment the massy frag- ments of rock of which the pyramids are compofed , as well as learning their exact dimenfions from the accurate geometrician Mr. Greaves , let us ...
Page 120
... vast square pilafters . A magnificent periftyle , fupported by three rows of columns , which eight men together could fcarcely embrace , extends itfelf on both fides the veftibule , and fupports a flat roof made of ftones fix or feven ...
... vast square pilafters . A magnificent periftyle , fupported by three rows of columns , which eight men together could fcarcely embrace , extends itfelf on both fides the veftibule , and fupports a flat roof made of ftones fix or feven ...
Page 140
... vast la- byrinth with its twelve palaces and its three thousand chambers , incrufted with sculptured marble , the great ftatue of Memnon , together with innumerable pyramids and obelisks of exquifite beauty fcattered over the face of a ...
... vast la- byrinth with its twelve palaces and its three thousand chambers , incrufted with sculptured marble , the great ftatue of Memnon , together with innumerable pyramids and obelisks of exquifite beauty fcattered over the face of a ...
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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