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
... these volumes any fubject intimately . connected with the ANTIQUITIES OF INDIA ; and as none , I prefume , can be more grati- fying to the general clafs of my readers than those that equally concern India and Britain , have selected the ...
... these volumes any fubject intimately . connected with the ANTIQUITIES OF INDIA ; and as none , I prefume , can be more grati- fying to the general clafs of my readers than those that equally concern India and Britain , have selected the ...
Page x
... these circumftances enumerated , and fully difcuffed in the courfe of the Differtation alluded to , are to myself abundant teftimony of their connection with , if not descent from , Buddha . Under this appellation I contend muft be ...
... these circumftances enumerated , and fully difcuffed in the courfe of the Differtation alluded to , are to myself abundant teftimony of their connection with , if not descent from , Buddha . Under this appellation I contend muft be ...
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... these are the Thibetian rolls infcribed with Sanfcreet characters , alluded to by Sir William Jones ,, as cited in page 15 of this volume , as well as the ancient medals and imperial fignets engraved with Thibe- tian characters ...
... these are the Thibetian rolls infcribed with Sanfcreet characters , alluded to by Sir William Jones ,, as cited in page 15 of this volume , as well as the ancient medals and imperial fignets engraved with Thibe- tian characters ...
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... these positive and dogmatical affertions of Bailli , let us attend a better judge of the matter , Sir W. Jones , who , in his differtation upon the ancient hordes that peopled the vast extent of northern Afia , describes them in ge ...
... these positive and dogmatical affertions of Bailli , let us attend a better judge of the matter , Sir W. Jones , who , in his differtation upon the ancient hordes that peopled the vast extent of northern Afia , describes them in ge ...
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... these priests might have mingled , and thus wafted into Europe , much of the theology , jurifprudence , and manners , of the Indian nation . But the hypothefis for which I contend in reality refts upon a firmer bafis than probable ...
... these priests might have mingled , and thus wafted into Europe , much of the theology , jurifprudence , and manners , of the Indian nation . But the hypothefis for which I contend in reality refts upon a firmer bafis than probable ...
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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