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 cxxii
... feats of thofe two great Eaftern warriors , unrivalled in the number of their armies , or the arduoufnefs of their enter- prizes , even by the Alexanders and Cæfars of of claffical antiquity , are given in the au- thentic [ cxvi ]
... feats of thofe two great Eaftern warriors , unrivalled in the number of their armies , or the arduoufnefs of their enter- prizes , even by the Alexanders and Cæfars of of claffical antiquity , are given in the au- thentic [ cxvi ]
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... antiquity . Born in the neighbouring kingdom of Egypt , he had every opportunity of exploring , he is therefore entitled to every credit in elucidating , the subject of which we now treat ; and accordingly both Ptolemy and Strabo are ...
... antiquity . Born in the neighbouring kingdom of Egypt , he had every opportunity of exploring , he is therefore entitled to every credit in elucidating , the subject of which we now treat ; and accordingly both Ptolemy and Strabo are ...
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... antiquity , modern travellers hava at once explored the origin , and traced the progrefs . The GANGES , in the language of Hindoftan , is called PUDDA , or PADDA , a word in Sanfcreet , fignifying foot ; becaufe , as fome Bramins affirm ...
... antiquity , modern travellers hava at once explored the origin , and traced the progrefs . The GANGES , in the language of Hindoftan , is called PUDDA , or PADDA , a word in Sanfcreet , fignifying foot ; becaufe , as fome Bramins affirm ...
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