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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Page xii
... 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 cenfure , for fo warmly efpoufing an opinion that must appear en ...
... 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 cenfure , for fo warmly efpoufing an opinion that must appear en ...
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... fact has been fince confirmed to me by intelligent natives , as well of South as North Britain , ) tells us , that the fires which flamed on May - eve at the top of the ancient Carns , or Druid - heaps of ftone , in honour of the Sun ...
... fact has been fince confirmed to me by intelligent natives , as well of South as North Britain , ) tells us , that the fires which flamed on May - eve at the top of the ancient Carns , or Druid - heaps of ftone , in honour of the Sun ...
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... fact , the name and history of Noah and of his three fons are precisely the fame in the San- fcreet as the Hebrew Bible . In the ancient geographical records of India , we find the whole country denominated after Cush , the eldeft fon ...
... fact , the name and history of Noah and of his three fons are precisely the fame in the San- fcreet as the Hebrew Bible . In the ancient geographical records of India , we find the whole country denominated after Cush , the eldeft fon ...
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... fact , Alexander found them ; and it is probable they had wandered , as is ufual with infant colonies , from the cold and bleak regions in the immediate neighbourhood of the Caucafus , to the warm and genial provinces lying nearer the ...
... fact , Alexander found them ; and it is probable they had wandered , as is ufual with infant colonies , from the cold and bleak regions in the immediate neighbourhood of the Caucafus , to the warm and genial provinces lying nearer the ...
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... fact not to be controverted , that thofe grand and effential principia of all true religion , the immortality of the foul , and a firm belief in a fupreme prefiding Providence , formed the bafis equally of the Brahmin and the Druid ...
... fact not to be controverted , that thofe grand and effential principia of all true religion , the immortality of the foul , and a firm belief in a fupreme prefiding Providence , formed the bafis equally of the Brahmin and the Druid ...
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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