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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... inhabitants of Scythia were little better than favages , with- out science and without even the advantage of a written language , though the dialects spoken among them were almost as numerous as their tribes , we are favoured with the ...
... inhabitants of Scythia were little better than favages , with- out science and without even the advantage of a written language , though the dialects spoken among them were almost as numerous as their tribes , we are favoured with the ...
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... inhabitants of this country . The fubject of the ftriking fimili- tude apparent in their ancient customs and re- ligious ceremonies fhall hereafter be difcuffed at large . In regard to fimilarity of language , I must observe , that the ...
... inhabitants of this country . The fubject of the ftriking fimili- tude apparent in their ancient customs and re- ligious ceremonies fhall hereafter be difcuffed at large . In regard to fimilarity of language , I must observe , that the ...
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... Cufh , the eldeft fon of Ham , its domeftic appellation being Cufha - Dweepa , and we know that the Keyfler's Antiquit . Septentrion . p . 36 . inhabitants inhabitants of the northern diftrict were an- ciently called Cuthæi [ 25 ]
... Cufh , the eldeft fon of Ham , its domeftic appellation being Cufha - Dweepa , and we know that the Keyfler's Antiquit . Septentrion . p . 36 . inhabitants inhabitants of the northern diftrict were an- ciently called Cuthæi [ 25 ]
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Thomas Maurice. inhabitants of the northern diftrict were an- ciently called Cuthæi . We find again Raa- mah , the fourth fon of that Cufh , in the In- dian Rama , renowned firft as a conqueror , and afterwards as a god , throughout the ...
Thomas Maurice. inhabitants of the northern diftrict were an- ciently called Cuthæi . We find again Raa- mah , the fourth fon of that Cufh , in the In- dian Rama , renowned firft as a conqueror , and afterwards as a god , throughout the ...
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... inhabitants of the groves of Mona , The Druids are , by Pliny and other wri- ters , afferted to have derived their name from dgus , an oak ; but , as the order probably ex- ifted prior to the Greek term , and as it is not eafy to ...
... inhabitants of the groves of Mona , The Druids are , by Pliny and other wri- ters , afferted to have derived their name from dgus , an oak ; but , as the order probably ex- ifted prior to the Greek term , and as it is not eafy to ...
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