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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... inhabitants of Scythia were little better than favages , with- out fcience and without even the advantage of a written language , though the dialects spoken among them were almost as numerous as their tribes , we are favoured with the ...
... inhabitants of Scythia were little better than favages , with- out fcience and without even the advantage of a written language , though the dialects spoken among them were almost as numerous as their tribes , we are favoured with the ...
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... inhabitants of this country . The fubject of the ftriking fimili- tude apparent in their ancient cuftoms and re- ligious ceremonies fhall hereafter be difcuffed at large . In regard to fimilarity of language , I muft obferve , that the ...
... inhabitants of this country . The fubject of the ftriking fimili- tude apparent in their ancient cuftoms and re- ligious ceremonies fhall hereafter be difcuffed at large . In regard to fimilarity of language , I muft obferve , that the ...
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... Cush , the eldeft fon of Ham , its domeftic appellation being Cusha - Dweepa , and we know that the Keyfler's Antiquit . Septentrion . p . 36 . inhabitants inhabitants of the northern diftrict were an- ciently called Cuthæi [ 25 ]
... Cush , the eldeft fon of Ham , its domeftic appellation being Cusha - Dweepa , and we know that the Keyfler's Antiquit . Septentrion . p . 36 . inhabitants inhabitants of the northern diftrict were an- ciently called Cuthæi [ 25 ]
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... inhabitants of the northern diftrict were an- ciently called Cuthæi . We find again Raa- mah , the fourth fon of that Cufh , in the In- dian Rama , renowned firft as a conqueror , and afterwards as a god , throughout the whole extent of ...
... inhabitants of the northern diftrict were an- ciently called Cuthæi . We find again Raa- mah , the fourth fon of that Cufh , in the In- dian Rama , renowned firft as a conqueror , and afterwards as a god , throughout the whole extent of ...
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... inhabitants of the groves of Mona . The Druids are , by Pliny and other wri- ters , afferted to have derived their name from Spus , an oak ; but , as the order probably ex- ifted prior to the Greek term , and as it is not easy to ...
... inhabitants of the groves of Mona . The Druids are , by Pliny and other wri- ters , afferted to have derived their name from Spus , an oak ; but , as the order probably ex- ifted prior to the Greek term , and as it is not easy to ...
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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