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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... THROUGHOUT , WITH THE RELIGION , LAWS , GOVERNMENT , and LITERATURE , O F PERSIA , EGYPT , AND GREECE , THE WHOLE INTENDED AS INTRODUCTORY TO AND ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE . VOL . II ...
... THROUGHOUT , WITH THE RELIGION , LAWS , GOVERNMENT , and LITERATURE , O F PERSIA , EGYPT , AND GREECE , THE WHOLE INTENDED AS INTRODUCTORY TO AND ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF HINDOSTAN , UPON A COMPREHENSIVE SCALE . VOL . II ...
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... throughout the ancient world in the agency of DEMONS , and in the frantic terrors infpired by SUPERSTITION - a defcription , from the Afiatic Researches and Mr. Holwell , of CALLEE , the fable goddess of India , with an accompanying ...
... throughout the ancient world in the agency of DEMONS , and in the frantic terrors infpired by SUPERSTITION - a defcription , from the Afiatic Researches and Mr. Holwell , of CALLEE , the fable goddess of India , with an accompanying ...
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... throughout Perfia and Media , the venera- tion for fire , as well as his erecting the ftupendous FIRE - TEMPLE at Balk , the author forms those con- clufions which are fubmitted to the reader in the pages more immediately following ...
... throughout Perfia and Media , the venera- tion for fire , as well as his erecting the ftupendous FIRE - TEMPLE at Balk , the author forms those con- clufions which are fubmitted to the reader in the pages more immediately following ...
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... throughout this Differtation , represented as the primitive , mild , bene- volent , fyftem of theology , originally established in Hindoftan . -That profeffed by the latter full of terror , and productive of the moft licentious ...
... throughout this Differtation , represented as the primitive , mild , bene- volent , fyftem of theology , originally established in Hindoftan . -That profeffed by the latter full of terror , and productive of the moft licentious ...
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... throughout the world . A fummary account of the opinions at present entertained by the Jews , relative to the expected advent of the MESSIAH . - Calculations formerly made concerning that event from the course - - - of 1 of the ftars ...
... throughout the world . A fummary account of the opinions at present entertained by the Jews , relative to the expected advent of the MESSIAH . - Calculations formerly made concerning that event from the course - - - of 1 of the ftars ...
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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