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, 1794 - India |
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Page 771
... WHOLE Intended as Introductory to , and Illuftrative of , THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE . VOL V. In which the Investigation of the ORIENTAL TRIADS OF DEITY is continued ; and the HORRIBLE PENANCES of the INDIAN ...
... WHOLE Intended as Introductory to , and Illuftrative of , THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE . VOL V. In which the Investigation of the ORIENTAL TRIADS OF DEITY is continued ; and the HORRIBLE PENANCES of the INDIAN ...
Page 786
... whole is clofed with these notable words : If any one can folve this difficulty , let him do it ; if not , let him go his way and not attempt it . " The meaning , they observe , is too obvious to need explana- tion . * That the vaft ...
... whole is clofed with these notable words : If any one can folve this difficulty , let him do it ; if not , let him go his way and not attempt it . " The meaning , they observe , is too obvious to need explana- tion . * That the vaft ...
Page 795
... whole authority , and en- force it by the noble and fplendid example of regal piety . Since it is my intention , in the ensuing hif- tory , occafionally to confider India upon the great scale of its more extended geography , as the ...
... whole authority , and en- force it by the noble and fplendid example of regal piety . Since it is my intention , in the ensuing hif- tory , occafionally to confider India upon the great scale of its more extended geography , as the ...
Page 805
... whole empire . * In the annals of China this folemn fact is recorded to have hap- pened in the eighteenth century before Chrift , and it is very remarkable , that , in the very fame century , according to Ufher and the chronology فين ...
... whole empire . * In the annals of China this folemn fact is recorded to have hap- pened in the eighteenth century before Chrift , and it is very remarkable , that , in the very fame century , according to Ufher and the chronology فين ...
Page 817
... whole of that country , informing himself , by means of the priests , during his progrefs , of geometry in all its various and multifold branches , as well as • Cicero de Finibus , cap.5 . of of their aftronomical obfervations : and ...
... whole of that country , informing himself , by means of the priests , during his progrefs , of geometry in all its various and multifold branches , as well as • Cicero de Finibus , cap.5 . of of their aftronomical obfervations : and ...
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