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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... WHOLE Intended as Introductory to , and Illustrative of , THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE , VOL . VI , Containing DISSERTATIONS on the ORIGIN of the DRUIDS , and the ANCIENT COMMERCE of HINDOSTAN . LONDON : PRINTED ...
... WHOLE Intended as Introductory to , and Illustrative of , THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE , VOL . VI , Containing DISSERTATIONS on the ORIGIN of the DRUIDS , and the ANCIENT COMMERCE of HINDOSTAN . LONDON : PRINTED ...
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... whole earth : there are figns of it in every northern country , and in almost every fyftem of wor fhip : IN ENGLAND IT IS OBVIOUS ; STONE- HENGE IS EVIDENTLY ONE OF THE TEMPLES OF BOODн ; and the arithmetic , aftronomy , aftrology ; the ...
... whole earth : there are figns of it in every northern country , and in almost every fyftem of wor fhip : IN ENGLAND IT IS OBVIOUS ; STONE- HENGE IS EVIDENTLY ONE OF THE TEMPLES OF BOODн ; and the arithmetic , aftronomy , aftrology ; the ...
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... whole western peninsula with the ce- lebrated island of Sinhala , or Lion - like men , at its fouthern extremity . * If the period above - mentioned , remote as it is , fhould not be , thought fufficiently diftant in the annals of time ...
... whole western peninsula with the ce- lebrated island of Sinhala , or Lion - like men , at its fouthern extremity . * If the period above - mentioned , remote as it is , fhould not be , thought fufficiently diftant in the annals of time ...
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... whole ancient world was enlightened by fciences brought from the most northern parts of Scythia , par- ticularly from the banks of the Jenifea , or from the Hyperborean regions : all the fables of old Greece , Italy , Perfia , India ...
... whole ancient world was enlightened by fciences brought from the most northern parts of Scythia , par- ticularly from the banks of the Jenifea , or from the Hyperborean regions : all the fables of old Greece , Italy , Perfia , India ...
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... whole renovated race of man diverged in various directions . That central spot was , doubtlefs , the great Tauric range round whofe ftupendous emi- nencies it was natural for a race , recently escaped from the horrors of a general ...
... whole renovated race of man diverged in various directions . That central spot was , doubtlefs , the great Tauric range round whofe ftupendous emi- nencies it was natural for a race , recently escaped from the horrors of a general ...
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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