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, AND THE VARIOUS AND PROFOUND LITERATURE OF HINDOSTAN: COMPARED, THROUGHOUT, WITH THE RELIGION, LAWS, GOVERNMENT AND LITERATURE OF PERSIA, EGYPT, AND GREECE. THE WHOLE Intended as Introductory To, and Illustrative Of, THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN.. Containing the DISSERTATIONS on the GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS, and the THEOLOGY, of HINDOSTAN, Volume 1THE AUTHOR, 1793 |
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Page xii
... error . PORUS , or ra- ther POURAVA , ( for that , Sir W. Jones has informed me , was the real name of the un- daunted oppofer of the great Alexander ) the reigning reigning rajah of a country called the PAN- JAB , [ xii ]
... error . PORUS , or ra- ther POURAVA , ( for that , Sir W. Jones has informed me , was the real name of the un- daunted oppofer of the great Alexander ) the reigning reigning rajah of a country called the PAN- JAB , [ xii ]
Page xiii
... called the PAN- JAB , from the five rivers that water it , feems to have been univerfally mistaken for the Supreme Monarch of India , to whom , probably , that prince was only one , though not the leaft formidable , among many tri ...
... called the PAN- JAB , from the five rivers that water it , feems to have been univerfally mistaken for the Supreme Monarch of India , to whom , probably , that prince was only one , though not the leaft formidable , among many tri ...
Page xxvi
... called STELLA NAVIS , that is , the conftellation of THE SHIP ; and there is reason to suppose that in naming the stars , the royal aftronomer of Perfia followed fome very ancient aftronomical tables , known in his own country ; fince ...
... called STELLA NAVIS , that is , the conftellation of THE SHIP ; and there is reason to suppose that in naming the stars , the royal aftronomer of Perfia followed fome very ancient aftronomical tables , known in his own country ; fince ...
Page xxviii
... called Lupus , fince Ptolemy uses the term Ongios , and the Arabian appellative of the conftellation , is tranflated fera by Dr. Hyde ; fifthly , CORVUS , or the raven ; fixthly , CRA- TER , or the Cup of libation , called by the ...
... called Lupus , fince Ptolemy uses the term Ongios , and the Arabian appellative of the conftellation , is tranflated fera by Dr. Hyde ; fifthly , CORVUS , or the raven ; fixthly , CRA- TER , or the Cup of libation , called by the ...
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... called presumption ———— There are those living who can attest the handsome manner in which he always spoke of two very early , but very different , productions of mine ; THE SCHOOLBOY , written in imitation of THE SPLENDID SHILLING of ...
... called presumption ———— There are those living who can attest the handsome manner in which he always spoke of two very early , but very different , productions of mine ; THE SCHOOLBOY , written in imitation of THE SPLENDID SHILLING of ...
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