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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... Worship . Barlow sculp . To the Right 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 ...
... Worship . Barlow sculp . To the Right 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 ...
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... worship became deeply pol- luted by the introduction of multifold idolatry , and that aftronomy , which , we learn from Califthenes , began to be formed into a fyftem at Babylon 1903 years before its capture by Alexander , had ...
... worship became deeply pol- luted by the introduction of multifold idolatry , and that aftronomy , which , we learn from Califthenes , began to be formed into a fyftem at Babylon 1903 years before its capture by Alexander , had ...
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... , OR ANCIENT INDIAN , WORSHIP IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS . I have before obferved , that a part of the Indian nation were anciently called Cuthæi , a name name affuredly derived from their great ancef- tor Cuth or [ 30 ]
... , OR ANCIENT INDIAN , WORSHIP IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS . I have before obferved , that a part of the Indian nation were anciently called Cuthæi , a name name affuredly derived from their great ancef- tor Cuth or [ 30 ]
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... worship , and their perpetual preservation of the facred fire in the depths of those caverns ; and that , as the Brahmins were the firft and moft venerated tribe of India , fo the Druids formed the first order of nobility in Britain ...
... worship , and their perpetual preservation of the facred fire in the depths of those caverns ; and that , as the Brahmins were the firft and moft venerated tribe of India , fo the Druids formed the first order of nobility in Britain ...
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... worship in Afia , ftands on re- cord as the first great navigator to the fhores of Europe , and had a fplendid temple erected to him at the mouth of thofe ftraits , called from him the pillars of Hercules , as being the li- mits of his ...
... worship in Afia , ftands on re- cord as the first great navigator to the fhores of Europe , and had a fplendid temple erected to him at the mouth of thofe ftraits , called from him the pillars of Hercules , as being the li- mits of his ...
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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