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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... but certain fanciful conjectures of the author , are alone brought in evidence , M. Bailli fupposes to have been the mafters of the Brahmins of India , but certainly erro- • neously ; neously ; for their own pride and felf - im- [ 8 ]
... but certain fanciful conjectures of the author , are alone brought in evidence , M. Bailli fupposes to have been the mafters of the Brahmins of India , but certainly erro- • neously ; neously ; for their own pride and felf - im- [ 8 ]
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... brought from the most northern parts of Scythia , par- ticularly from the banks of the Jenifea , or from the Hyperborean regions : all the fables of old Greece , Italy , Perfia , India , he derives from the north ; and it must be owned ...
... brought from the most northern parts of Scythia , par- ticularly from the banks of the Jenifea , or from the Hyperborean regions : all the fables of old Greece , Italy , Perfia , India , he derives from the north ; and it must be owned ...
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... Thibetian ( that is , Indian ) writing have been brought even from the borders of the Cafpian . Admitting that these priests of Buddha , using the Indian letters and versed in 属 the 1 the facred and civil inftitutes of Brahma , had [ 15 ]
... Thibetian ( that is , Indian ) writing have been brought even from the borders of the Cafpian . Admitting that these priests of Buddha , using the Indian letters and versed in 属 the 1 the facred and civil inftitutes of Brahma , had [ 15 ]
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... brought by the Celtic colonies into thefe western regions , and thus Britain , according to this writer , is the coun- try of the Brith , or painted people , from which circumftance , probably , in fucceeding times , the fame nation ...
... brought by the Celtic colonies into thefe western regions , and thus Britain , according to this writer , is the coun- try of the Brith , or painted people , from which circumftance , probably , in fucceeding times , the fame nation ...
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... brought into Britain the Cuthite Superftitions .-- A brief Summary of thofe Superftitions as anciently practifed in the British ifles . - Thofe Superfti- tions exhibit many evident remains of the pure patriarchal Theology , blended with ...
... brought into Britain the Cuthite Superftitions .-- A brief Summary of thofe Superftitions as anciently practifed in the British ifles . - Thofe Superfti- tions exhibit many evident remains of the pure patriarchal Theology , blended with ...
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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