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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page ix
... fince , in India , the day of the week affigned to Buddha is by the Greeks affigned to Hermes , by the Romans to Mercury , and by the northern Nations to Woden ; being denominated , in the respective dialects of thofe nations , Boodh or ...
... fince , in India , the day of the week affigned to Buddha is by the Greeks affigned to Hermes , by the Romans to Mercury , and by the northern Nations to Woden ; being denominated , in the respective dialects of thofe nations , Boodh or ...
Page 24
... 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 , were called ...
... 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 , were called ...
Page 41
... fince Hercules was the grand agent of antiquity on all thefe occafions , is not true in the extent contended for . It will be recollected , that , at the remote period at which I fuppofe the first colonies to have moved off from the ...
... fince Hercules was the grand agent of antiquity on all thefe occafions , is not true in the extent contended for . It will be recollected , that , at the remote period at which I fuppofe the first colonies to have moved off from the ...
Page 47
... fince they were polifhed fquares , on every fide equal , which way foever they were turned . Paufanius tells us that the inhabitants of Phares , in Achaia , round the ftatue of their principal divinity Mercury , erected , in the fo- rum ...
... fince they were polifhed fquares , on every fide equal , which way foever they were turned . Paufanius tells us that the inhabitants of Phares , in Achaia , round the ftatue of their principal divinity Mercury , erected , in the fo- rum ...
Page 53
... fince ceased ; and although the changes occafioned , during a long lapfe of years , by the fhifting of the equinoctial points , have in Afia itself been productive of important aftronomical altera- tions as to the exact æra of the ...
... fince ceased ; and although the changes occafioned , during a long lapfe of years , by the fhifting of the equinoctial points , have in Afia itself been productive of important aftronomical altera- tions as to the exact æra of the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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