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 vii
... 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 defcended to periods fub- fequent.
... 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 defcended to periods fub- fequent.
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Thomas Maurice. A Researches , to have defcended to periods fub- fequent to that æra , but my gratitude to the Honourable Court of Eaft - India Directors , for their liberal patronage of the Hiftory of Hindoftan , my anxious defire to ...
Thomas Maurice. A Researches , to have defcended to periods fub- fequent to that æra , but my gratitude to the Honourable Court of Eaft - India Directors , for their liberal patronage of the Hiftory of Hindoftan , my anxious defire to ...
Page ix
... periods , directly affirm- ed them to be a race of emigrated Indian phi- lofophers . The affertion , bold and unqua- lified as it was , made , at the time of my reading it , a confiderable impreffion on my mind ; and , in confequence ...
... periods , directly affirm- ed them to be a race of emigrated Indian phi- lofophers . The affertion , bold and unqua- lified as it was , made , at the time of my reading it , a confiderable impreffion on my mind ; and , in confequence ...
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... period was , probably , when the true religion began to be corrupted , but before its total corruption , by the Sabian idolatries . In this view the matter appears to myself ; if all my readers fhould not be equally convinced by the ...
... period was , probably , when the true religion began to be corrupted , but before its total corruption , by the Sabian idolatries . In this view the matter appears to myself ; if all my readers fhould not be equally convinced by the ...
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... Periods , a polished Race ; the Scy- thians , ever Barbarians . - Efcaped from the Horrors of the general Deluge , the Noachi- da , who fettled in Afia , inhabited the Regions neareft the great Range of Taurus . In the Median Mountains ...
... Periods , a polished Race ; the Scy- thians , ever Barbarians . - Efcaped from the Horrors of the general Deluge , the Noachi- da , who fettled in Afia , inhabited the Regions neareft the great Range of Taurus . In the Median Mountains ...
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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