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 116
... use in the ancient myfteries celebrated in the caverns of Mithra ; the 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 ...
... use in the ancient myfteries celebrated in the caverns of Mithra ; the 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 ...
Page 117
... - TRONOMICAL CYCLES , BY A RACE WHO REJECTED THE USE OF LETTERS . AN equal aftronomical mystery attended those famous circular ftone monuments of the Druids , I 3 Druids , fo numerous in Britain . They were , [ 117 ]
... - TRONOMICAL CYCLES , BY A RACE WHO REJECTED THE USE OF LETTERS . AN equal aftronomical mystery attended those famous circular ftone monuments of the Druids , I 3 Druids , fo numerous in Britain . They were , [ 117 ]
Page 118
... use of letters , had no other permanent method of inftructing their difciples , or handing down their know- ledge to pofterity . For the most part , the ftone pillars which compofe them are found to be twelve in number , alluding to the ...
... use of letters , had no other permanent method of inftructing their difciples , or handing down their know- ledge to pofterity . For the most part , the ftone pillars which compofe them are found to be twelve in number , alluding to the ...
Page 119
... use aftronomical inftruments of extraordinary magnitude , is evident from what we read in Greaves's PYRAMIDOGRAPHIA , and in Hyde , of the quadrant ufed by the Perfian monarch and aftronomer , Ulug Beg , which was as high as the dome of ...
... use aftronomical inftruments of extraordinary magnitude , is evident from what we read in Greaves's PYRAMIDOGRAPHIA , and in Hyde , of the quadrant ufed by the Perfian monarch and aftronomer , Ulug Beg , which was as high as the dome of ...
Page 124
... use of telescopes , and I believe they had ) fhew the moon very near them , and difcover therein mountains and heaps of caverns , * He defcribes the island as a fruitful and pleasant island , and relates that most of the inhabitants of ...
... use of telescopes , and I believe they had ) fhew the moon very near them , and difcover therein mountains and heaps of caverns , * He defcribes the island as a fruitful and pleasant island , and relates that most of the inhabitants of ...
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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