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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... first migration of the Afiatic colonies , and the earliest im- portation into the western world of the religi- ous rites in ufe among them , we have it in our power , through the fame authentic chan- rel , † to penetrate to the very ...
... first migration of the Afiatic colonies , and the earliest im- portation into the western world of the religi- ous rites in ufe among them , we have it in our power , through the fame authentic chan- rel , † to penetrate to the very ...
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... first conductor , whofoever he was , to the celebrated Straits , thus denominated . The exact period in which the Scythian Nomades began thus to move forward from the mountains to the north of Perfia and India , it is fcarcely poffible ...
... first conductor , whofoever he was , to the celebrated Straits , thus denominated . The exact period in which the Scythian Nomades began thus to move forward from the mountains to the north of Perfia and India , it is fcarcely poffible ...
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... first verse of Genefis , BERESCHITH BRA ELOHIM , In the beginning God created . Alfo in their great divinity , Ifa , the goddess Na- ture perfonified , we find the Hebrew Ichfa , the first exiftent , or grand parent , which the Rabbins ...
... first verse of Genefis , BERESCHITH BRA ELOHIM , In the beginning God created . Alfo in their great divinity , Ifa , the goddess Na- ture perfonified , we find the Hebrew Ichfa , the first exiftent , or grand parent , which the Rabbins ...
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... first , or geo- graphical , Differtation , in particular , I had occafion to remark , that , in Perfian , iftan , or ftan , was the name of a land , or region , as , for inftance , in Chuzistan , the region of Cufh ; in Hindoftan , the ...
... first , or geo- graphical , Differtation , in particular , I had occafion to remark , that , in Perfian , iftan , or ftan , was the name of a land , or region , as , for inftance , in Chuzistan , the region of Cufh ; in Hindoftan , the ...
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... FIRST OF APRIL , an ancient Indian Feftival . The FIRST OF MAY , or the Day on which the Sun enters the Bull , an ancient Phallic Festival immemorially preferved in the Eaft . - Relics of thefe Feftivals , and the Sports practifed on ...
... FIRST OF APRIL , an ancient Indian Feftival . The FIRST OF MAY , or the Day on which the Sun enters the Bull , an ancient Phallic Festival immemorially preferved in the Eaft . - Relics of thefe Feftivals , and the Sports practifed on ...
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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