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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... remains connected with the most ancient fyftem of Afiatic mythology , yet exifting in the two countries under confideration , and the inti- mate mixture in both languages of terms ra- dically Hebrew , added to the circumftance of ...
... remains connected with the most ancient fyftem of Afiatic mythology , yet exifting in the two countries under confideration , and the inti- mate mixture in both languages of terms ra- dically Hebrew , added to the circumftance of ...
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... Remains of Japhet , * Colonel Grant was enabled , folely by his knowledge of the old Irish language , to deci- pher the Thibetian characters on the Siberian medal above alluded to , and the explanation of which was given in the Indian ...
... Remains of Japhet , * Colonel Grant was enabled , folely by his knowledge of the old Irish language , to deci- pher the Thibetian characters on the Siberian medal above alluded to , and the explanation of which was given in the Indian ...
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... remains of the pure patriarchal Theology , blended with the Corrup- tions of the Sabian Idolatry . - A more parti- cular Account of the Indian God Buddha , the Hermes of Egypt , and the Mercury of the Weft . - The Affyrian and Indian ...
... remains of the pure patriarchal Theology , blended with the Corrup- tions of the Sabian Idolatry . - A more parti- cular Account of the Indian God Buddha , the Hermes of Egypt , and the Mercury of the Weft . - The Affyrian and Indian ...
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... REMAINS OF THE CUTHITE , OR ANCIENT INDIAN , WORSHIP IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS . I have before obferved , that a part of the Indian nation were anciently called Cuthæi , a name name affuredly derived from their great ancef- tor Cuth or [ 30 ]
... REMAINS OF THE CUTHITE , OR ANCIENT INDIAN , WORSHIP IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS . I have before obferved , that a part of the Indian nation were anciently called Cuthæi , a name name affuredly derived from their great ancef- tor Cuth or [ 30 ]
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... remains of the two grand fyftems of theology , the pure and the de- praved , which prevailed in the first ages , and among the primitive race : the former inculca- ted by the virtuous father of the renovated world ; the latter ...
... remains of the two grand fyftems of theology , the pure and the de- praved , which prevailed in the first ages , and among the primitive race : the former inculca- ted by the virtuous father of the renovated world ; the latter ...
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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