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, and the Various and Profound Literature, of Hindostan : Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature of Persia, Egypt, and Greece, the Whole Intended as Introductory to The History of Hindostan, Upon a Comprehensive Scale ...author and sold, 1793 - India |
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Page 177
... seems to be a fact , authenticated by the evidence of the Ayeen Akbery , and corroborated in some degree by the Afiatic Researches , ‡ that TIRHOOT , a city fituated in the north of Bahar , poffeffes a prior claim to that honour ; for ...
... seems to be a fact , authenticated by the evidence of the Ayeen Akbery , and corroborated in some degree by the Afiatic Researches , ‡ that TIRHOOT , a city fituated in the north of Bahar , poffeffes a prior claim to that honour ; for ...
Page 177
... seems to be , that all the mysteries of religion , celebrated in the ancient world , were perform- ed , as I have expreffed myself in another part of this differtation , εν σκοτω και νυκτι , in the bofom of darkness and in the dead ...
... seems to be , that all the mysteries of religion , celebrated in the ancient world , were perform- ed , as I have expreffed myself in another part of this differtation , εν σκοτω και νυκτι , in the bofom of darkness and in the dead ...
Page 182
... seem to carry evident proof that India was formerly much more abundant in Indeed wealth than in periods lefs recent . the hiftorians of Mahmud Gaznavi strongly countenance this idea , fince they are quite extravagant in their account of ...
... seem to carry evident proof that India was formerly much more abundant in Indeed wealth than in periods lefs recent . the hiftorians of Mahmud Gaznavi strongly countenance this idea , fince they are quite extravagant in their account of ...
Page 237
... seems to follow , as a neceffary R 4 See the account communicated to the Society of Antiquaries , by Alexander Dalrymple , Efq . in the Archæologia , Vol . VII P. 324 . neceffary confequence , that in them was prac- tifed the [ 237 ]
... seems to follow , as a neceffary R 4 See the account communicated to the Society of Antiquaries , by Alexander Dalrymple , Efq . in the Archæologia , Vol . VII P. 324 . neceffary confequence , that in them was prac- tifed the [ 237 ]
Page 253
... seems about to deftroy . We are informed , as well by M. Niebuhr as Mr. Hunter , that from this circumftance many travellers have fancied this piece of mythologic fculpture to have been intended for a repre- sentation of the judgement ...
... seems about to deftroy . We are informed , as well by M. Niebuhr as Mr. Hunter , that from this circumftance many travellers have fancied this piece of mythologic fculpture to have been intended for a repre- sentation of the judgement ...
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adored affertion Afia Afiatic Reſearches aftronomy amidſt ancient antiquity aſtoniſhing Ayeen Akbery becauſe Brahma Brahmins caverns celebrated celeftial circumſtances confecrated Dæmon defcended defcribed defcription deity Diodorus Siculus diſtinguiſhed divine doctrine Egypt Egyptian Elephanta emblem engraving eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred facrifice faid fame fays fciences fculptured fecond feems feet ferpent feven fhall fhould fide figures fimilar fince fire firft firſt folar fome foul ftate ftatues ftone ftupendous fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fymbols Geeta Heetopades Herodotus hieroglyphics himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory Holwell India Indian caverns inveſtigation itſelf lefs legiflator MITHRA moft moſt muſt myftic myſterious obfcure obferved occafion Ofiris paffage pagoda Perfian philofophers poffibly Porphyry practifed preſent prieſts purpoſe reader receffes refidence refpect religion remarkable repreſented reſembling rites Sanfcreet Scythians ſhall Sir William Jones ſome ſtate ſtill ſuppoſed temple thefe themſelves theology theſe thofe thoſe tion univerfal uſed Vedas Veefhnu veneration whofe whoſe worſhip Zoroafter