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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... still flatter my- felf , that the detail of many other curious facts which nearly concern them , as Britons , may yet amply reward them for the trouble of perufal . I think it abfolutely neceffary , however , to fhield myself from ...
... still flatter my- felf , that the detail of many other curious facts which nearly concern them , as Britons , may yet amply reward them for the trouble of perufal . I think it abfolutely neceffary , however , to fhield myself from ...
Page 24
... still preferve the fame fignification . These particular ap- pellations immediately direct our attention to the Sanfcreet name of the old Brahmins , of the foreft of Gandharvas , which occurs fo See Parfon's Remains of Japhet , p . 186 ...
... still preferve the fame fignification . These particular ap- pellations immediately direct our attention to the Sanfcreet name of the old Brahmins , of the foreft of Gandharvas , which occurs fo See Parfon's Remains of Japhet , p . 186 ...
Page 106
... still more horrid banquet . Religion fhudders at such a perversion of its name and rites ; and humanity turns with horror from the guilty fcene ! Let us advert to lefs dif- gufting traits of ancient Druid fuperftition ; and , having ...
... still more horrid banquet . Religion fhudders at such a perversion of its name and rites ; and humanity turns with horror from the guilty fcene ! Let us advert to lefs dif- gufting traits of ancient Druid fuperftition ; and , having ...
Page 114
... still to be found , according to Mr. Mallet , in all thofe empires of Europe which are fituated neareft to the northern confines of Afia . " We find at this day , " fays that writer , " in Denmark , Sweden , and Norway , in the mid- dle ...
... still to be found , according to Mr. Mallet , in all thofe empires of Europe which are fituated neareft to the northern confines of Afia . " We find at this day , " fays that writer , " in Denmark , Sweden , and Norway , in the mid- dle ...
Page 155
... still called BELEE , or the fervant of BEL , and the priesthood BELEGIETH . " * This Indian Hercules , therefore , this en- terprizing god - king Belus , is the true proto- See Toland's Hiftory of the Druids , p . 70 . type type of him ...
... still called BELEE , or the fervant of BEL , and the priesthood BELEGIETH . " * This Indian Hercules , therefore , this en- terprizing god - king Belus , is the true proto- See Toland's Hiftory of the Druids , p . 70 . type type of him ...
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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