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 and Profound Literature of Hindostan : Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt and Greece...H. L.Galabin, 1801 |
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... SEEVA afterwards unrped by the Greek NEPTUNÉ . To the Honourable Edward James Eliot , one of the Commissioners of the Board of Controll , and an early Encourager of the Indian Antiquities , this plate is with grateful respect inscribed by.
... SEEVA afterwards unrped by the Greek NEPTUNÉ . To the Honourable Edward James Eliot , one of the Commissioners of the Board of Controll , and an early Encourager of the Indian Antiquities , this plate is with grateful respect inscribed by.
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... Greeks , carried on , prior to the Chriftian æra , with India on the one hand , and Britain on the other , for their confideration in this volume . It was not my intention , indeed , in these Refearches , A 4 A Researches , to have ...
... Greeks , carried on , prior to the Chriftian æra , with India on the one hand , and Britain on the other , for their confideration in this volume . It was not my intention , indeed , in these Refearches , A 4 A Researches , to have ...
Page ix
... Greeks affigned to Hermes , by the Romans to Mercury , and by the northern Nations to Woden ; being denominated , in the refpective dialects of thofe nations , Boodh or Buddha- . * See Afiatic Researches , vol . ii . p . 488 , in the ...
... Greeks affigned to Hermes , by the Romans to Mercury , and by the northern Nations to Woden ; being denominated , in the refpective dialects of thofe nations , Boodh or Buddha- . * See Afiatic Researches , vol . ii . p . 488 , in the ...
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... Greeks ; their repre- fenting the Deity in their immense groves under the form of the letter T , THAU , as the Egyptians defignated their Thoth , or Hermes ; their reverence for the ANGUINUM , or fer- pent - egg , which is only the ...
... Greeks ; their repre- fenting the Deity in their immense groves under the form of the letter T , THAU , as the Egyptians defignated their Thoth , or Hermes ; their reverence for the ANGUINUM , or fer- pent - egg , which is only the ...
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... and that pro- bably the established religion of the Greeks ; See page 192 of this volume , on the Druids ' prefumed knowledge of the elliptical courses of the orbs . and and the Eleufinian myfteries were only varie- ties of the [ xiii ]
... and that pro- bably the established religion of the Greeks ; See page 192 of this volume , on the Druids ' prefumed knowledge of the elliptical courses of the orbs . and and the Eleufinian myfteries were only varie- ties of the [ xiii ]
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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 cuſtom dæmon defcribed deity diftant Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Druids Eaft Egypt Egyptians erected eſtabliſhed extenfive facred fame fays feems feftival fent ferpent ferved fhall fhips fhore fhould filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fymbol Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiftory immenfe India inftance iſland itſelf leaſt lefs leſs metal moft moſt muft muſt nation navigation neceffary northern obferved old Britons paffage paffed Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny prefent prieſts purpoſe race regions Reſearches reſpect rites Sabian ſcience Scythian ſpecies ſtate ſtill ſtone Stonehenge Strabo Stukeley temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vafes vaft veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip