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 51
... feet of this Phoenician deity as allufive to the devotion of that people to navi- gation and commerce , and fymbolical of the fails of thofe fwift veffels that wafted them , in queft of tin , to the remote regions of the Caffiterides ...
... feet of this Phoenician deity as allufive to the devotion of that people to navi- gation and commerce , and fymbolical of the fails of thofe fwift veffels that wafted them , in queft of tin , to the remote regions of the Caffiterides ...
Page 58
... feet from the ground in the Durbar court ; from the back whereof to the place where the king comes out , a fquare of fifty - fix paces in length , and forty - three in breadth , is railed in , and covered with fair canopies of cloth of ...
... feet from the ground in the Durbar court ; from the back whereof to the place where the king comes out , a fquare of fifty - fix paces in length , and forty - three in breadth , is railed in , and covered with fair canopies of cloth of ...
Page 62
... under his girdle . His coat of cloth of gold without fleeves , upon a fine femain , as thin as lawn . On his feet a pair of bufkins embroidered with pearl , the toes A toes fharp and turning up . Thus armed and [ 62 ]
... under his girdle . His coat of cloth of gold without fleeves , upon a fine femain , as thin as lawn . On his feet a pair of bufkins embroidered with pearl , the toes A toes fharp and turning up . Thus armed and [ 62 ]
Page 63
... feet of one plated with gold , fet at the ends with ftones , and covered with crim- fon velvet embroidered with pearl , and a fringe of great pearl hanging in ropes a foot deep , a border about it set with ru bies and emeralds . A ...
... feet of one plated with gold , fet at the ends with ftones , and covered with crim- fon velvet embroidered with pearl , and a fringe of great pearl hanging in ropes a foot deep , a border about it set with ru bies and emeralds . A ...
Page 108
... feet in height above the ground , and four feet buried in it . When clove up by the farmer , the owner of the land on which it ftood , it made above twenty ftone pofts for gates . He thinks these rude monuments were the ancient 2 ...
... feet in height above the ground , and four feet buried in it . When clove up by the farmer , the owner of the land on which it ftood , it made above twenty ftone pofts for gates . He thinks these rude monuments were the ancient 2 ...
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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