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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Page 47
... round the ftatue of their principal divinity Mercury , erected , in the fo- rum of that city , thirty cubics of polished marble , in honour of that deity , whofe fymbol • was was a cube : * and Dr. Bolafe , fpeaking [ 47 ]
... round the ftatue of their principal divinity Mercury , erected , in the fo- rum of that city , thirty cubics of polished marble , in honour of that deity , whofe fymbol • was was a cube : * and Dr. Bolafe , fpeaking [ 47 ]
Page 58
... principal amusement . The Nauruz , in India , is kept in imita tion of the Perfian feftival of that name ; and is celebrated after the following manner : A throne is erected four feet from the ground in the Durbar court ; from the back ...
... principal amusement . The Nauruz , in India , is kept in imita tion of the Perfian feftival of that name ; and is celebrated after the following manner : A throne is erected four feet from the ground in the Durbar court ; from the back ...
Page 59
... principal men had erected tents , which encompaffed the court , and lined them with velvet , damask , or taffe- ty , for the moft part , but fome few with cloth of gold ; into which they retired , and fat to fhew all their wealth . For ...
... principal men had erected tents , which encompaffed the court , and lined them with velvet , damask , or taffe- ty , for the moft part , but fome few with cloth of gold ; into which they retired , and fat to fhew all their wealth . For ...
Page 116
... principal entrances into which , as into Stone- henge , Abury , and all other Druid ftone tem- ples , was from the NORTH and the SOUTH , called in the Homeric defcription of the cave of the nymphs , commented on and amply explained by ...
... principal entrances into which , as into Stone- henge , Abury , and all other Druid ftone tem- ples , was from the NORTH and the SOUTH , called in the Homeric defcription of the cave of the nymphs , commented on and amply explained by ...
Page 119
... principal divi- fions of the year , the twelve months , and the feven days of the week . It is , however , my opinion , that the Druids knew , and meant to record by this number , the celebrated cycle of nineteen years , fuppofed to ...
... principal divi- fions of the year , the twelve months , and the feven days of the week . It is , however , my opinion , that the Druids knew , and meant to record by this number , the celebrated cycle of nineteen years , fuppofed 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