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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... WHOLE Intended as Introductory to , and Illuftrative of , THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE . VOL . III . In which the SACRED EDIFICES and SYMBOLICAL RITES of HINDOSTAN and EGYPT are compared . LONDON : PRINTED FOR ...
... WHOLE Intended as Introductory to , and Illuftrative of , THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE . VOL . III . In which the SACRED EDIFICES and SYMBOLICAL RITES of HINDOSTAN and EGYPT are compared . LONDON : PRINTED FOR ...
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... , and the revenue of whole provinces confumed , in adorning the temple , See the Travels of J. Albert de Mandelsloe , tranflated by John Davies , and published at London in 1662 . 1 temple of the Deity . In proof of this [ 15 ]
... , and the revenue of whole provinces confumed , in adorning the temple , See the Travels of J. Albert de Mandelsloe , tranflated by John Davies , and published at London in 1662 . 1 temple of the Deity . In proof of this [ 15 ]
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... whole in- ternal length of the edifice . It must be owned , however , that this ftyle of building , with cir- cular wings and long ranging avenues of co- lumns , in the manner of the temples of Phi- lae and the ferpent Cnuph , is more ...
... whole in- ternal length of the edifice . It must be owned , however , that this ftyle of building , with cir- cular wings and long ranging avenues of co- lumns , in the manner of the temples of Phi- lae and the ferpent Cnuph , is more ...
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... whole building , an innumerable multitude af- fembled at the rifing of the fun , and , having bathed in the ftream below , and , in confor- mity to an immemorial custom over all the Eaft , having left their fandals on the border of the ...
... whole building , an innumerable multitude af- fembled at the rifing of the fun , and , having bathed in the ftream below , and , in confor- mity to an immemorial custom over all the Eaft , having left their fandals on the border of the ...
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... have been rather the fanctuary than the pagoda itself , a term which includes the whole ftructure , was without walls , in the form of the Monopteric build- B 4 ings , ings , mentioned by Vitruvius in his History of Architecture [ 23 ]
... have been rather the fanctuary than the pagoda itself , a term which includes the whole ftructure , was without walls , in the form of the Monopteric build- B 4 ings , ings , mentioned by Vitruvius in his History of Architecture [ 23 ]
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