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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... itself . The period was , probably , when the true religion began to be corrupted , but before its total corruption , by the Sabian idolatries . In this view the matter appears to myfelf ; if all my readers fhould not be equally ...
... itself . The period was , probably , when the true religion began to be corrupted , but before its total corruption , by the Sabian idolatries . In this view the matter appears to myfelf ; if all my readers fhould not be equally ...
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... itself , as it is with a CUBE . There was another very remarkable fymbol of Taut , or Mercury , prevalent in Egypt as well as in India . It was the letter T , or , in other words , the crofs , or crux Hermis , in which form we find many ...
... itself , as it is with a CUBE . There was another very remarkable fymbol of Taut , or Mercury , prevalent in Egypt as well as in India . It was the letter T , or , in other words , the crofs , or crux Hermis , in which form we find many ...
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... itself been productive of important aftronomical altera- tions as to the exact æra of the commence- ment of the year ; yet on both continents fome very remarkable traits of the jocundity , which then reigned , remain even to these ...
... itself been productive of important aftronomical altera- tions as to the exact æra of the commence- ment of the year ; yet on both continents fome very remarkable traits of the jocundity , which then reigned , remain even to these ...
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... - mony of weighing the Mogul on his own birth- day , are fo curious , and the tract itself withal fo Ambaffador's Travels , p . 220. Edit . folio , 1662 . scarce , 1 fcarce , that I fhall be eafily pardoned by my [ 57 I.
... - mony of weighing the Mogul on his own birth- day , are fo curious , and the tract itself withal fo Ambaffador's Travels , p . 220. Edit . folio , 1662 . scarce , 1 fcarce , that I fhall be eafily pardoned by my [ 57 I.
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... itself , are now annihilated . " The fecond of September was the king's birth - day , and kept with great folemnity . On this day the king is weighed against jew els , gold , filver , ftuffs of gold , filver , and many other rich and ...
... itself , are now annihilated . " The fecond of September was the king's birth - day , and kept with great folemnity . On this day the king is weighed against jew els , gold , filver , ftuffs of gold , filver , and many other rich and ...
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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