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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... rocks themselves , in which they are hewn , bear ftrong marks of calcination Afferted by M. An- quetil to be hewn by the chiffel into a pyramidal form - Pyramids fo conftructed to refemble the figure of a flame of fire - The external ...
... rocks themselves , in which they are hewn , bear ftrong marks of calcination Afferted by M. An- quetil to be hewn by the chiffel into a pyramidal form - Pyramids fo conftructed to refemble the figure of a flame of fire - The external ...
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... rock - temples , and their sculptures A curious paffage apparently corrobora- tive of the latter hypothefis from the ARCHEOLOGIA Another remarkable paffage adduced from Ezekiel , in proof that images refembling thofe in the Indian ...
... rock - temples , and their sculptures A curious paffage apparently corrobora- tive of the latter hypothefis from the ARCHEOLOGIA Another remarkable paffage adduced from Ezekiel , in proof that images refembling thofe in the Indian ...
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... rock , all ornamented with carving and plafter - work , and remarkable for three aftonishing IDOLS ; the firft , representing a man eighty ells in height ; the second , a woman fifty ells in height ; and the third , a gigantic child ...
... rock , all ornamented with carving and plafter - work , and remarkable for three aftonishing IDOLS ; the firft , representing a man eighty ells in height ; the second , a woman fifty ells in height ; and the third , a gigantic child ...
Page 135
... ROCK , and decorated with fimilar sculptures and ornaments ; that the mystic rites perform- ed in them were thofe in honour of elementary FIRE , and that the prevailing religion of the nation was the worship of the SUN . This ap- pears ...
... ROCK , and decorated with fimilar sculptures and ornaments ; that the mystic rites perform- ed in them were thofe in honour of elementary FIRE , and that the prevailing religion of the nation was the worship of the SUN . This ap- pears ...
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... rock ; the purposes to which they were originally devoted ; and the meaning of the hieroglyphic figures fculp- tured on their walls . While fome writers have imagined them to have been places of retreat and security from an invading ...
... rock ; the purposes to which they were originally devoted ; and the meaning of the hieroglyphic figures fculp- tured on their walls . While fome writers have imagined them to have been places of retreat and security from an invading ...
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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