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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... HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE , VOL . VI , Containing DISSERTATIONS on the ORIGIN of the DRUIDS , and the ANCIENT COMMERCE of HINDOSTAN . LONDON : PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR , AND SOLD BY JOHN WHITE , FLEET - STREET ...
... HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE , VOL . VI , Containing DISSERTATIONS on the ORIGIN of the DRUIDS , and the ANCIENT COMMERCE of HINDOSTAN . LONDON : PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR , AND SOLD BY JOHN WHITE , FLEET - STREET ...
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... 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 of Ham , its domeftic ...
... 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 of Ham , its domeftic ...
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... History and Antiquities of Cornwall , has devoted a chap- ter of that learned work to the confideration of the circumftances fo remarkably fimilar be- tween the religious rites of the British Druids and the old Perfians . As , however ...
... History and Antiquities of Cornwall , has devoted a chap- ter of that learned work to the confideration of the circumftances fo remarkably fimilar be- tween the religious rites of the British Druids and the old Perfians . As , however ...
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... the equator , he publifhed aloud the new year , the com- * See D'Ancarville , vol . iii . p . 115 ; and Jones's Short History of Perfia , p . 41 . K mencement mencement of which was celebrated by the firing of great [ 56 ]
... the equator , he publifhed aloud the new year , the com- * See D'Ancarville , vol . iii . p . 115 ; and Jones's Short History of Perfia , p . 41 . K mencement mencement of which was celebrated by the firing of great [ 56 ]
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... History of Sweden , prefented his patrons with a work which he entitled Antiquitates Septentrionales , or Northern Antiquities ; and I have presented mine with a work , which I have entitled In- dian Antiquities . However different in ...
... History of Sweden , prefented his patrons with a work which he entitled Antiquitates Septentrionales , or Northern Antiquities ; and I have presented mine with a work , which I have entitled In- dian Antiquities . However different in ...
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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