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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... Honourable Henry Addington Speaker of the House of Commons , this admirable proof of the Skill in Statuary of the Ancient Indians , is gratefully and respectfully inscribed by J.M. A DISSERTATION ON THE INDIAN ORIGIN OF THE DRUIDS ;
... Honourable Henry Addington Speaker of the House of Commons , this admirable proof of the Skill in Statuary of the Ancient Indians , is gratefully and respectfully inscribed by J.M. A DISSERTATION ON THE INDIAN ORIGIN OF THE DRUIDS ;
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... to , and the ab- ftrufe nature of the subjects difcuffed in the course of it will allow of proof , that the cele- brated order of Druids , anciently established B 2 in in this country , were the immediate defcen- dants of [ 3 ]
... to , and the ab- ftrufe nature of the subjects difcuffed in the course of it will allow of proof , that the cele- brated order of Druids , anciently established B 2 in in this country , were the immediate defcen- dants of [ 3 ]
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... proof that the Tartars were them- felves well inftructed , much less that they in- ftructed - the world ; nor have we any ftronger reafon to conclude , from their general man- ners and character , that they had made an early proficiency ...
... proof that the Tartars were them- felves well inftructed , much less that they in- ftructed - the world ; nor have we any ftronger reafon to conclude , from their general man- ners and character , that they had made an early proficiency ...
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... proof , ) and that rolls of Thibetian ( that is , Indian ) writing have been brought even from the borders of the Cafpian . Admitting that thefe priests of Buddha , using the Indian letters and versed in the 1 1 the facred and civil ...
... proof , ) and that rolls of Thibetian ( that is , Indian ) writing have been brought even from the borders of the Cafpian . Admitting that thefe priests of Buddha , using the Indian letters and versed in the 1 1 the facred and civil ...
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... proof adduced by Dr. Borlafe , of the ftriking fimilitude in the religious doctrines and ceremonies of thefe diftant tribes of phi- lofophers , is an additional corroboration of the hypothefis , which afferts them to be of the ancient ...
... proof adduced by Dr. Borlafe , of the ftriking fimilitude in the religious doctrines and ceremonies of thefe diftant tribes of phi- lofophers , is an additional corroboration of the hypothefis , which afferts them to be of the ancient ...
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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