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 ...The Author, 1800 - India |
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... stream of the Ganges the two most po- tent nations of India , the Gangarides and the Prafii , or , as Ptolemy calls them , Prafiatæ , had their refidence . Athenagarum , from its fituation , Mr. R. fuppofes to be Oud ; the Uxentius Mons ...
... stream of the Ganges the two most po- tent nations of India , the Gangarides and the Prafii , or , as Ptolemy calls them , Prafiatæ , had their refidence . Athenagarum , from its fituation , Mr. R. fuppofes to be Oud ; the Uxentius Mons ...
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... stream , and mingling with its waters , give them a black , or rather a blue colour ; whence , probably , in its early course , it is called NILAB , or the BLUE river . Sir W. Jones , fpeaking of the probable connection that anciently ...
... stream , and mingling with its waters , give them a black , or rather a blue colour ; whence , probably , in its early course , it is called NILAB , or the BLUE river . Sir W. Jones , fpeaking of the probable connection that anciently ...
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... stream , descend by the city of Hoogly , whose name in paffing they affume ; and , wash- ing the walls of Chandernagore and of Cal- cutta , rush in a broad and deep ftream into the gulph of Bengal , at the distance of 180 miles from the ...
... stream , descend by the city of Hoogly , whose name in paffing they affume ; and , wash- ing the walls of Chandernagore and of Cal- cutta , rush in a broad and deep ftream into the gulph of Bengal , at the distance of 180 miles from the ...
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Abul Fazil Acbar afferted Afia Afiatic aftronomical againſt Agra alfo ancient antiquity Arrian Ayeen Akbery Bahar Bengal called Canouge capital celebrated claffical cofe confiderable courſe Delhi deſcribed Differtation divifions eaſt eaſtern empire engravings extenfive facred faid fame fecond feems feven fhall fhould fince fircars firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folio fome foobah fouth fovereign ftated ftill ftream fuch fuppofed Gangarides Ganges Gazna geographical greateſt hiftorians himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory Imaus India Indus itſelf Lahore laſt Lond magnificent miles Mirkhond moft moſt mountains Multan muſt myſelf neceffary obferves occafion octavo Palibothra Perfian poffeffion poffibly Porus prefent province Ptolemy quarto rajas reader refidence reign remarkable Rennel repreſented Reſearches reſpect river Sanfcreet ſcience ſeems Sir William Jones ſtated ſtone Strabo ſubject thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Timur tion tranflated uſe vaft vols octavo vols quarto volume weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip writing