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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Page 66
... feet on the head and back of the bull , and the perpetual recurrence of that animal itself in the attitude of proftration upon all these bas- reliefs , plainly manifeft , that the bull was not lefs than the horfe facred to the fun in ...
... feet on the head and back of the bull , and the perpetual recurrence of that animal itself in the attitude of proftration upon all these bas- reliefs , plainly manifeft , that the bull was not lefs than the horfe facred to the fun in ...
Page 113
... feet in height , " which he faw in the ancient obfervatory of Benares , as well as the difcovery which Mr. Call + reports , in the fame book , he himself made of the figns of the zodiac on the ceil- ings of many of the more ancient ...
... feet in height , " which he faw in the ancient obfervatory of Benares , as well as the difcovery which Mr. Call + reports , in the fame book , he himself made of the figns of the zodiac on the ceil- ings of many of the more ancient ...
Page 141
... feet in height , and of proportionate magnitude ; the very buft only of the triple - headed deity , in the grand pagoda of Elephanta , measures fifteen feet from the base to the top of the cap ; while the face of another , if Mr. Grose ...
... feet in height , and of proportionate magnitude ; the very buft only of the triple - headed deity , in the grand pagoda of Elephanta , measures fifteen feet from the base to the top of the cap ; while the face of another , if Mr. Grose ...
Page 142
... feet of several . The entrance into most of these caverns is now obftructed by grafs and high reeds , which must be ... feet long and two feet thick , iffued from his dark recefs , which compelled him and his companions to make a ...
... feet of several . The entrance into most of these caverns is now obftructed by grafs and high reeds , which must be ... feet long and two feet thick , iffued from his dark recefs , which compelled him and his companions to make a ...
Page 145
... feet fquare , and the height at 18 feet , and Niebuhr * agrees with Ovington in refpect to the height and breadth . The principal entrance is from the north . The enormous mass of folid rock above is fupported by four rows of pillars of ...
... feet fquare , and the height at 18 feet , and Niebuhr * agrees with Ovington in refpect to the height and breadth . The principal entrance is from the north . The enormous mass of folid rock above is fupported by four rows of pillars of ...
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adored adorned affertion Afia Afiatic Reſearches aftoniſhing aftronomical alfo alſo ancient antiquity Ayeen Akbery becauſe Brahma Brahmins caverns celebrated circumſtance confecrated dæmon defcended defcribed deity deſcription divine doctrine Egypt Egyptian Elephanta emblem engraving eſtabliſhed facred facrifice faid fame fays fculptured fecond feems feet ferpent feven fhall fhould figures fimilar fince fire firſt folar fome foul ftatue ftill ftone ftupendous fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fymbols Geeta Greece Heetopades Herodotus hieroglyphics hiftory himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos Holwell India Indian caverns inveſtigation itſelf lefs legiſlator Mithra moft moſt muſt myftic myſteries obfcure obferved Ofiris paffage pagoda Perfian philofophers poffibly Porphyry practifed prefent prieſts purpoſe reader receffes refidence refpect religion repreſented rites Sabian Salfette Sanfcreet ſcience Scythians Seeva ſhall Sir William Jones ſphere ſtate ſtatues ſtill ſtone Strabo ſyſtem temple thefe themſelves theology theſe thofe thoſe tion univerfally uſed vafes Vedas veneration whofe whoſe worſhip Zoroafter