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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... Sciences throughout Afia.— The geographical Limits of the not lefs extenfive Region of Scythia . - These two mighty Na- tions , the Indians and Perfians being through- out confidered as one People , possessed the greater Part of Afa ...
... Sciences throughout Afia.— The geographical Limits of the not lefs extenfive Region of Scythia . - These two mighty Na- tions , the Indians and Perfians being through- out confidered as one People , possessed the greater Part of Afa ...
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... sciences flourishing among them are clear- ly to be traced , notwithstanding the boasted * See the very elegant and learned preface to that Grammar , P. 5 : B 4 discoveries difcoveries of fome eminent modern antiqua- ries . Among these ...
... sciences flourishing among them are clear- ly to be traced , notwithstanding the boasted * See the very elegant and learned preface to that Grammar , P. 5 : B 4 discoveries difcoveries of fome eminent modern antiqua- ries . Among these ...
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... Sciences in Afia , that a nation of profound wisdom , of elevated genius , and of antiquity far fuperior even to the Egyptians , Indians , and Chinese , once in- habited the deferts of Siberia , and from the cold and barren region of ...
... Sciences in Afia , that a nation of profound wisdom , of elevated genius , and of antiquity far fuperior even to the Egyptians , Indians , and Chinese , once in- habited the deferts of Siberia , and from the cold and barren region of ...
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... sciences : even of poetry , the most universal and moft natural of the fine arts , we find no genuine specimens afcribed to them , except fome horrible war- fongs , expreffed in Perfian by ALI OF YEZD , and poffibly invented by him ...
... sciences : even of poetry , the most universal and moft natural of the fine arts , we find no genuine specimens afcribed to them , except fome horrible war- fongs , expreffed in Perfian by ALI OF YEZD , and poffibly invented by him ...
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... sciences of India , have not always flourished in a fituation fo immediately fouthern , as of late æras they have chofen , I ' amable , upon the high authority of Mr. Haftings , Haftings , to affert that an immemorial tradi- tion ...
... sciences of India , have not always flourished in a fituation fo immediately fouthern , as of late æras they have chofen , I ' amable , upon the high authority of Mr. Haftings , Haftings , to affert that an immemorial tradi- tion ...
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Abury æra afferted Afia Afiatic aftronomical againſt alfo alſo ancient antiquity Brahmins Britain Britiſh called Carthage Carthaginians celebrated circumftance coaft colonies commerce confiderable confifting Cornwall courſe cuftom dæmon defcendants defcribed deity diftant Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Druids Eaft Egypt Egyptians erected eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive facred fame fays fcience feems feftival ferpent ferved fhall fhips fhore fhould filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fyftem fymbol Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiftory hypothefis immenfe India inftance iſland itſelf leaſt lefs metal moft moſt muft muſt nation navigation neceffary northern obferved old Britons paffage paffed Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny prefent purpoſe race refpect regions Reſearches rites Sabian Sanfcreet Scythian Sir William Jones Stonehenge Strabo Stukeley temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vafes vaft veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip