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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... circle , a tract including the vaft plains of Tartary , the deferts of Si- beria , and Afiatic Ruffia : yet through all this - immenfe region no genuine veftiges of arts and sciences flourishing among them are clear- ly to be traced ...
... circle , a tract including the vaft plains of Tartary , the deferts of Si- beria , and Afiatic Ruffia : yet through all this - immenfe region no genuine veftiges of arts and sciences flourishing among them are clear- ly to be traced ...
Page 75
... circles . Now Diodorus Siculus informs us that there was an illand beyond Gaul , as large as Sicily , in which the Hyperborean race adored Apollo in a circular temple , confider- able for its fize and riches . * " By Apollo , " fays one ...
... circles . Now Diodorus Siculus informs us that there was an illand beyond Gaul , as large as Sicily , in which the Hyperborean race adored Apollo in a circular temple , confider- able for its fize and riches . * " By Apollo , " fays one ...
Page 95
... Circles are generally formed of Sixty , Thirty , or Nineteen , colum- nar Stones ; the First representing the grand fexagenary Cycle of the Afiatic Aftronomers ; the 1 the Second , the celebrated Druid Age ; the Third [ 95 ] SECTION III ...
... Circles are generally formed of Sixty , Thirty , or Nineteen , colum- nar Stones ; the First representing the grand fexagenary Cycle of the Afiatic Aftronomers ; the 1 the Second , the celebrated Druid Age ; the Third [ 95 ] SECTION III ...
Page 96
... Circle of Stones , Nineteen in number.- The grander ferpentine Temple of Abury conf- dered . - Serpents ever , in the Eaft , Emblems of aftronomical Cycles . — Their mythological Hif- tory . - The great Circle of Columns at Abury ...
... Circle of Stones , Nineteen in number.- The grander ferpentine Temple of Abury conf- dered . - Serpents ever , in the Eaft , Emblems of aftronomical Cycles . — Their mythological Hif- tory . - The great Circle of Columns at Abury ...
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... circle , with a central Kebla . Sir Robert Sibbald mentions these lo- gan - ftones as not uncommon in Scotland ; and speaking of the rocking - ftone near Belvaird , in Fife ; " I am informed , " fays he , " that this ftone was broken by ...
... circle , with a central Kebla . Sir Robert Sibbald mentions these lo- gan - ftones as not uncommon in Scotland ; and speaking of the rocking - ftone near Belvaird , in Fife ; " I am informed , " fays he , " that this ftone was broken by ...
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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