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 163
... description of the caverns , from p . 272 to 277 - The eminences of the rocks probably used by the Brahmins as obfervatories . - The architecture confidered - This pagoda , from its height , and from its arched roof , far more ...
... description of the caverns , from p . 272 to 277 - The eminences of the rocks probably used by the Brahmins as obfervatories . - The architecture confidered - This pagoda , from its height , and from its arched roof , far more ...
Page 164
... description of the MENSA ISIACA , or Bembine table , and the hieroglyphics engraved upon it , p . 302. - compared with those in Salfette and Ele- phanta . After taking an extenfive furvey of the growth , progrefs , and extinction , at ...
... description of the MENSA ISIACA , or Bembine table , and the hieroglyphics engraved upon it , p . 302. - compared with those in Salfette and Ele- phanta . After taking an extenfive furvey of the growth , progrefs , and extinction , at ...
Page 178
... description only of the principal figure in this sculpture , yet it ought by no means to be omitted , hat , on the right fide of this monument , stand two youths , with fimilar habits and tiaras , holding each a torch ; the one raised ...
... description only of the principal figure in this sculpture , yet it ought by no means to be omitted , hat , on the right fide of this monument , stand two youths , with fimilar habits and tiaras , holding each a torch ; the one raised ...
Page 198
... description of the TEMPLE of the SUN from the Ayeen Akbery , which , al- though Mr. Gladwin conceives Abul Fazil to have been deceived in regard to its magnitude , fince no traces of this vast fabric at present re- main , will yet be ...
... description of the TEMPLE of the SUN from the Ayeen Akbery , which , al- though Mr. Gladwin conceives Abul Fazil to have been deceived in regard to its magnitude , fince no traces of this vast fabric at present re- main , will yet be ...
Page 206
... descriptions , and breathing such ele- vated fentiments of friendship , as well as fuch impaffioned ftrains of tender affection , that I cannot too ftrongly recommend to the reader an attentive perufal of the whole piece , and he will ...
... descriptions , and breathing such ele- vated fentiments of friendship , as well as fuch impaffioned ftrains of tender affection , that I cannot too ftrongly recommend to the reader an attentive perufal of the whole piece , and he will ...
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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