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 88
... by the interfection of the equator and the meridian of Delhi ; which answers to the southern extremity of the Maldivy iflands . " Ayeen Akbery , vol . iii . p . 36 . language language of the country are called Heemachel , Heemakote , [ 88 ]
... by the interfection of the equator and the meridian of Delhi ; which answers to the southern extremity of the Maldivy iflands . " Ayeen Akbery , vol . iii . p . 36 . language language of the country are called Heemachel , Heemakote , [ 88 ]
Page 92
... language of the country fignifics an island , as the Male - dive , or iflands of Male ; Ange- dive , the five iflands ; while the great commercial town of Diu is called , by way of eminence Dive , or Div , THE ISLAND . The Sanfcreet ...
... language of the country fignifics an island , as the Male - dive , or iflands of Male ; Ange- dive , the five iflands ; while the great commercial town of Diu is called , by way of eminence Dive , or Div , THE ISLAND . The Sanfcreet ...
Page 157
... language of profe inadequate to con- vey his conception , has had recourse to the more expreffive and energic language of poetry ; but -Scarce the Mufe herself Dares ftretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rufhing waters ; to whofe ...
... language of profe inadequate to con- vey his conception , has had recourse to the more expreffive and energic language of poetry ; but -Scarce the Mufe herself Dares ftretch her wing o'er this enormous mass Of rufhing waters ; to whofe ...
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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