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 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, Volume 2C. & W. Galabin, 1800 - India |
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... exhibited , as well the substance of all the preceding defcriptions , as the refpective hypothefes formed from the furvey of them by French and English travellers . Those of Niebuhr by far the moft correct and fatisfactory- a more ...
... exhibited , as well the substance of all the preceding defcriptions , as the refpective hypothefes formed from the furvey of them by French and English travellers . Those of Niebuhr by far the moft correct and fatisfactory- a more ...
Page 16
... exhibited , from Athenæus , of the splendour displayed at a Phallic fefti- val , celebrated in Egypt by Ptolemy Philadelphus . The fame with that of BAAL - PEOR in Scripture . The Greeks borrowed and infamously refined upon it in their ...
... exhibited , from Athenæus , of the splendour displayed at a Phallic fefti- val , celebrated in Egypt by Ptolemy Philadelphus . The fame with that of BAAL - PEOR in Scripture . The Greeks borrowed and infamously refined upon it in their ...
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... exhibited in order.- The doctrine of the Metempfychofis , or the notion of this life being a probationary ftate , productive in India of the most excruciating and horrible penances , in order by thofe penances to obtain мOKSH , or fu ...
... exhibited in order.- The doctrine of the Metempfychofis , or the notion of this life being a probationary ftate , productive in India of the most excruciating and horrible penances , in order by thofe penances to obtain мOKSH , or fu ...
Page 27
... exhibited . The manner in which the High Prieft gave his folemn benediction to the people de- fcribed , and the form in which he difpofed his fingers represented by an engraving , copied from Athanafiuş Kircher . The mode in which they ...
... exhibited . The manner in which the High Prieft gave his folemn benediction to the people de- fcribed , and the form in which he difpofed his fingers represented by an engraving , copied from Athanafiuş Kircher . The mode in which they ...
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... exhibited . An account of a medal found in Siberia , on which is engraved the figure of the TRIUNE GOD , accompanied with a description in Tangutian charac- --- - ― ters - - -- ters , explained by Colonel Grant , [ 28 ]
... exhibited . An account of a medal found in Siberia , on which is engraved the figure of the TRIUNE GOD , accompanied with a description in Tangutian charac- --- - ― ters - - -- ters , explained by Colonel Grant , [ 28 ]
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