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 xxvi
... mentioned , from this author , that , by Orion , the Perfians ufually understand Nimrod ; and that an altar formed part of the ancient fphere : but he might have gone farther than this , and , in the figns of the Zodiac , and the ...
... mentioned , from this author , that , by Orion , the Perfians ufually understand Nimrod ; and that an altar formed part of the ancient fphere : but he might have gone farther than this , and , in the figns of the Zodiac , and the ...
Page lii
... mentioning in these terms the venerated name of the late Dr. Johnson , will not , I trust , be called presumption ———— There are those living who can attest the handsome manner in which he always spoke of two very early , but very ...
... mentioning in these terms the venerated name of the late Dr. Johnson , will not , I trust , be called presumption ———— There are those living who can attest the handsome manner in which he always spoke of two very early , but very ...
Page lvii
... mention them as the beft apology I can offer for the LONG DELAY in presenting the public with this volume , which ought to have made its appearance in the courfe of last year . The public tribunal is an awful court , and I ap- proach it ...
... mention them as the beft apology I can offer for the LONG DELAY in presenting the public with this volume , which ought to have made its appearance in the courfe of last year . The public tribunal is an awful court , and I ap- proach it ...
Page cxvii
... mentioning the veftiges of it in Greece , in the symbol of the WING , the GLOBE , and the SERPENT , confpicuous on most of the ancient temples of Upper Egypt . Thus uni- versally , and in such remote periods , preva- lent in Afia , and ...
... mentioning the veftiges of it in Greece , in the symbol of the WING , the GLOBE , and the SERPENT , confpicuous on most of the ancient temples of Upper Egypt . Thus uni- versally , and in such remote periods , preva- lent in Afia , and ...
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... mentioned , I must remark , that the kingdom of Porus is exprefly affirmed by Strabo to be the coun- try " between the Hydafpes and the Acefines ; extenfive , opulent , and containing near three hundred towns . " Concerning these ...
... mentioned , I must remark , that the kingdom of Porus is exprefly affirmed by Strabo to be the coun- try " between the Hydafpes and the Acefines ; extenfive , opulent , and containing near three hundred towns . " Concerning these ...
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