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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Page 38
... erected to him at the mouth of thofe ftraits , called from him the pillars of Hercules , as being the li- mits of his travels to the Weft . There , in that temple of Gades , probably the firft Afiatic superstitions were publicly ...
... erected to him at the mouth of thofe ftraits , called from him the pillars of Hercules , as being the li- mits of his travels to the Weft . There , in that temple of Gades , probably the firft Afiatic superstitions were publicly ...
Page 47
... , round the ftatue of their principal divinity Mercury , erected , in the fo- rum of that city , thirty cubics of polished marble , in honour of that deity , whose symbol was 66 was a cube : * and Dr. Borlafe , [ 47 ]
... , round the ftatue of their principal divinity Mercury , erected , in the fo- rum of that city , thirty cubics of polished marble , in honour of that deity , whose symbol was 66 was a cube : * and Dr. Borlafe , [ 47 ]
Page 48
... erect- ed ; and many of the old Egyptian statues , as is well known to antiquaries , are reprefented bearing this fymbol in their hand or on their breafts . D'Ancarville , and the generality of mythologifts , explain this fymbol as ...
... erect- ed ; and many of the old Egyptian statues , as is well known to antiquaries , are reprefented bearing this fymbol in their hand or on their breafts . D'Ancarville , and the generality of mythologifts , explain this fymbol as ...
Page 58
... erected four feet from the ground in the Durbar court ; from the back whereof to the place where the king comes out , a fquare of fifty - fix paces in length , and forty - three in breadth , is railed in , and covered with fair canopies ...
... erected four feet from the ground in the Durbar court ; from the back whereof to the place where the king comes out , a fquare of fifty - fix paces in length , and forty - three in breadth , is railed in , and covered with fair canopies ...
Page 59
... erected tents , which encompassed the court , and lined them with velvet , damask , or taffe- ty , for the most part , but fome few with cloth of gold ; into which they retired , and fat to fhew all their wealth . For antiently the ...
... erected tents , which encompassed the court , and lined them with velvet , damask , or taffe- ty , for the most part , but fome few with cloth of gold ; into which they retired , and fat to fhew all their wealth . For antiently the ...
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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