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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... Europe , and with them thofe Sages of the Indian Schools , to whom we give the Name of Druids . - Some . remarkable Inftances adduced of the firiking Affinity exifting between the primeval Lan- guages of Afia and thofe Spoken in Europe ...
... Europe , and with them thofe Sages of the Indian Schools , to whom we give the Name of Druids . - Some . remarkable Inftances adduced of the firiking Affinity exifting between the primeval Lan- guages of Afia and thofe Spoken in Europe ...
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... Europe . To form any correct notion of the extent of the Indian empire , when in its glory , we muft confult the Sanfcreet geographers , and take our furvey of a country comprifing an area of near forty degrees on each fide , and in ...
... Europe . To form any correct notion of the extent of the Indian empire , when in its glory , we muft confult the Sanfcreet geographers , and take our furvey of a country comprifing an area of near forty degrees on each fide , and in ...
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... Europe , much of the theology , jurifprudence , and manners , of the Indian nation . But the hypothesis for which I contend in reality refts upon a firmer bafis than probable conjecture ; and the series of hiftorical evidence by which ...
... Europe , much of the theology , jurifprudence , and manners , of the Indian nation . But the hypothesis for which I contend in reality refts upon a firmer bafis than probable conjecture ; and the series of hiftorical evidence by which ...
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... Europe , be divided among his pofterity . In confequence , it may be fuppofed , and hiftory afferts , that their numbers multiplied in a far greater propor- tion than their brethren . In the course of their national increase ...
... Europe , be divided among his pofterity . In confequence , it may be fuppofed , and hiftory afferts , that their numbers multiplied in a far greater propor- tion than their brethren . In the course of their national increase ...
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... Europe , where they gradually established themselves from the banks of the Danube to the pillars of Hercules ; that is , of their first conductor , whofoever he was , to the celebrated Straits , thus denominated . The exact period in ...
... Europe , where they gradually established themselves from the banks of the Danube to the pillars of Hercules ; that is , of their first conductor , whofoever he was , to the celebrated Straits , thus denominated . The exact period in ...
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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