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... called by NEARCHUS , in his journal , Sangada ; which M. D'ANVILLE juftly fuppofes to be the feat of the Sanganians , a barbarous and piratical nation mentioned by modern travellers , and well known at present by our countrymen in the ...
... called by NEARCHUS , in his journal , Sangada ; which M. D'ANVILLE juftly fuppofes to be the feat of the Sanganians , a barbarous and piratical nation mentioned by modern travellers , and well known at present by our countrymen in the ...
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... called Malays , they defcended from Arabian traders and mariners after the age of MUHAMMED . On the continent of India , between the river Vipáfa , or Hyphafis , to the weft , the mountains of Tripura and Cámarúpa to the eaft , and ...
... called Malays , they defcended from Arabian traders and mariners after the age of MUHAMMED . On the continent of India , between the river Vipáfa , or Hyphafis , to the weft , the mountains of Tripura and Cámarúpa to the eaft , and ...
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... called in the Phrygian dialect MA ' , and reprefented in a car drawn by lions , with a drum in her hand , and a towered coronet on her head : her myfteries ( which feem to be alluded to in the Mofaick law ) are folem- nized at the ...
... called in the Phrygian dialect MA ' , and reprefented in a car drawn by lions , with a drum in her hand , and a towered coronet on her head : her myfteries ( which feem to be alluded to in the Mofaick law ) are folem- nized at the ...
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... called the Burrawar , iş efteemed a cure for external pains , when applied to the parts affected . INOCULATION is common among the Garrows , but this appears to have been only of late years , and ' was introduced among them by JoYNARAIN ...
... called the Burrawar , iş efteemed a cure for external pains , when applied to the parts affected . INOCULATION is common among the Garrows , but this appears to have been only of late years , and ' was introduced among them by JoYNARAIN ...
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... called Cuba dwipa without , in oppofition to the for- mer , which is faid to be within ; a diftinction ufed by the Brábmens , and countenanced in the Puránas , though not pofitively expreffed in them : the fix new dwipas are fuppofed to ...
... called Cuba dwipa without , in oppofition to the for- mer , which is faid to be within ; a diftinction ufed by the Brábmens , and countenanced in the Puránas , though not pofitively expreffed in them : the fix new dwipas are fuppofed to ...
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