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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Page 84
... Ganges . It will be observed , in drawing these lines of limitation , that neither the Ganges or Indus are mentioned , as in the ancient geography , the for- mer as the eastern , nor the latter as the weftern termination of this country ...
... Ganges . It will be observed , in drawing these lines of limitation , that neither the Ganges or Indus are mentioned , as in the ancient geography , the for- mer as the eastern , nor the latter as the weftern termination of this country ...
Page 152
... GANGES , in the language of Hindoftan , is called PUDDA , or PADDA , a word in Sanfcreet , fignifying foot ; becaufe , as fome Bramins affirm , it flows from the foot of the god Veeshnu . According to the opinion of others , however ...
... GANGES , in the language of Hindoftan , is called PUDDA , or PADDA , a word in Sanfcreet , fignifying foot ; becaufe , as fome Bramins affirm , it flows from the foot of the god Veeshnu . According to the opinion of others , however ...
Page 154
... Ganges rufhes at GANGOTRI , is called the mouth of the cow . From every enquiry of the few Europeans who have vifited this remote spot , no real refemblance can be traced ; but the fame fuperstition which originally fabri- cated ...
... Ganges rufhes at GANGOTRI , is called the mouth of the cow . From every enquiry of the few Europeans who have vifited this remote spot , no real refemblance can be traced ; but the fame fuperstition which originally fabri- cated ...
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