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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... whose empire in- cluded an area of near eighty square degrees , could find none of his own MONGALS , as the beft authors inform us , able to write his dif- patches ; and TAIMUR , a favage of ftrong na- tural parts , and paffionately ...
... whose empire in- cluded an area of near eighty square degrees , could find none of his own MONGALS , as the beft authors inform us , able to write his dif- patches ; and TAIMUR , a favage of ftrong na- tural parts , and paffionately ...
Page 28
... whose aim in failing hither was conqueft rather than com- merce , principally attended to the people , and imposed a name fomewhat conformable to their national habits , and adapted to dif play their ruling propenfity . SECTION II . One ...
... whose aim in failing hither was conqueft rather than com- merce , principally attended to the people , and imposed a name fomewhat conformable to their national habits , and adapted to dif play their ruling propenfity . SECTION II . One ...
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... whose branches the victims were facrificed , and the festive rites commenced . Knowing the veneration entertained in India for the bovine fpecies , we could fcarcely believe , that a race , defcended , as I contend , from the Brahmins ...
... whose branches the victims were facrificed , and the festive rites commenced . Knowing the veneration entertained in India for the bovine fpecies , we could fcarcely believe , that a race , defcended , as I contend , from the Brahmins ...
Page 66
... whose symbol , we have just observed , was the ram . Mr. Volney , with that determined fpirit of fcepticism which diftinguishes his writings , contends , that the feast of the Jewish paffover , when the pafchal lamb was facrificed ...
... whose symbol , we have just observed , was the ram . Mr. Volney , with that determined fpirit of fcepticism which diftinguishes his writings , contends , that the feast of the Jewish paffover , when the pafchal lamb was facrificed ...
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... whose prophet or priest he pretended to be , was named ODIN , and that the ignorance of fucceeding ages confounded the Deity with his priest , compofing , out of the attributes of the one and the hiftory of the other , a grofs medley ...
... whose prophet or priest he pretended to be , was named ODIN , and that the ignorance of fucceeding ages confounded the Deity with his priest , compofing , out of the attributes of the one and the hiftory of the other , a grofs medley ...
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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