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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... must be injured by being folded within the contracted compass of an octavo page , I think it neceffary to acquaint the Patrons of this Undertaking , that a much larger number than is ufual of the first impref fions of those plates has ...
... must be injured by being folded within the contracted compass of an octavo page , I think it neceffary to acquaint the Patrons of this Undertaking , that a much larger number than is ufual of the first impref fions of those plates has ...
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... must be derived . But bes fore I enter on the modern part of the Indian geography , it is neceffary that the word HIN- DOSTAN itself should be explained . Hindoftan then is a corruption of the term Hindustan ; the domeftic appellation ...
... must be derived . But bes fore I enter on the modern part of the Indian geography , it is neceffary that the word HIN- DOSTAN itself should be explained . Hindoftan then is a corruption of the term Hindustan ; the domeftic appellation ...
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... - trees , not fo much for the fruit as for the leaves , on which the filk worms feed . As the inhabitants are extremely happy , fo we must suppose them to be be remarkably industrious ; for every town in ' this [ 141 ] t ...
... - trees , not fo much for the fruit as for the leaves , on which the filk worms feed . As the inhabitants are extremely happy , fo we must suppose them to be be remarkably industrious ; for every town in ' this [ 141 ] t ...
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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