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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... remarkable Inftances adduced of the firiking Affinity exifting between the primæval Lan- guages of Afia and those Spoken in Europe , particularly in the British Isles . Y intention , in the following Differ- My tation , is to prove , as ...
... remarkable Inftances adduced of the firiking Affinity exifting between the primæval Lan- guages of Afia and those Spoken in Europe , particularly in the British Isles . Y intention , in the following Differ- My tation , is to prove , as ...
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... remarkable , that the Sanfcreet word GATE , or GAUT , a barrier or paffage , is to be found in the fame fenfe in Ramfgate as in Bafagate , and the most natural derivation I know for the word Age , is the Sanscreet Yug , or Period . The ...
... remarkable , that the Sanfcreet word GATE , or GAUT , a barrier or paffage , is to be found in the fame fenfe in Ramfgate as in Bafagate , and the most natural derivation I know for the word Age , is the Sanscreet Yug , or Period . The ...
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... remarkable , that , in Welch , Deruen and Derwen still preserve the fame fignification . These particular ap- pellations immediately direct our attention to the Sanfcreet name of the old Brahmins , of the foreft of Gandharvas , which ...
... remarkable , that , in Welch , Deruen and Derwen still preserve the fame fignification . These particular ap- pellations immediately direct our attention to the Sanfcreet name of the old Brahmins , of the foreft of Gandharvas , which ...
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... remarkable that he derives the Druids of Gaul from Britain , whereas the more general opinion among antiquaries is , that the Druids of Britain were a colony from Gaul . Among other points of doctrine реси- liar to them , he enumerates ...
... remarkable that he derives the Druids of Gaul from Britain , whereas the more general opinion among antiquaries is , that the Druids of Britain were a colony from Gaul . Among other points of doctrine реси- liar to them , he enumerates ...
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... remarkable circumftance , of the fame - planetary deity giving name to the fame day of the week in India and Britain , will not prove the abfolute identity of Boodh , of Woden , of Taut , and of Hermes , let us go from Britain to Gaul ...
... remarkable circumftance , of the fame - planetary deity giving name to the fame day of the week in India and Britain , will not prove the abfolute identity of Boodh , of Woden , of Taut , and of Hermes , let us go from Britain to Gaul ...
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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