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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... VOLUME OF INDIAN ANTIQUITIES , IS , WITH THE SINCEREST GRATITUDE AND ATTACHMENT , RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED , BY HIS LORDSHIP'S EVER OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT , THOMAS MAURICE . A 3 I PREFACE . tf ONCEIVING myself entitled , by my то.
... VOLUME OF INDIAN ANTIQUITIES , IS , WITH THE SINCEREST GRATITUDE AND ATTACHMENT , RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED , BY HIS LORDSHIP'S EVER OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT , THOMAS MAURICE . A 3 I PREFACE . tf ONCEIVING myself entitled , by my то.
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... volumes any fubject intimately . connected with the ANTIQUITIES OF INDIA ; and as none , I prefume , can be more grati ... volume . It was not my intention , indeed , in these Refearches , A 4 A Researches , to have defcended to periods ...
... volumes any fubject intimately . connected with the ANTIQUITIES OF INDIA ; and as none , I prefume , can be more grati ... volume . It was not my intention , indeed , in these Refearches , A 4 A Researches , to have defcended to periods ...
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... volume is the refult . The bafis of my argument for their Indian extraction is , that the elder Buddha of India , who fhould never be confounded with the fecond Buddha , or Bedou , the Fo of the Chinese , and the founder of an ...
... volume is the refult . The bafis of my argument for their Indian extraction is , that the elder Buddha of India , who fhould never be confounded with the fecond Buddha , or Bedou , the Fo of the Chinese , and the founder of an ...
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... volume , as well as the ancient medals and imperial fignets engraved with Thibe- tian characters , mentioned by Mr. Hal- hed , and the frequent pilgrimages at this day undertaken by the more rigid devotees of India , from the banks of ...
... volume , as well as the ancient medals and imperial fignets engraved with Thibe- tian characters , mentioned by Mr. Hal- hed , and the frequent pilgrimages at this day undertaken by the more rigid devotees of India , from the banks of ...
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... pro- bably the established religion of the Greeks ; See page 192 of this volume , on the Druids ' prefumed knowledge of the elliptical courses of the orbs . and and the Eleufinian myfteries were only varie- ties of the [ xiii ]
... pro- bably the established religion of the Greeks ; See page 192 of this volume , on the Druids ' prefumed knowledge of the elliptical courses of the orbs . and and the Eleufinian myfteries were only varie- ties of the [ xiii ]
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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