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 141
... once delight and astonish . It has plenty of excellent fruits , especially melons , apples , peaches , and apricots ; and the rain de- fcends not in a deluge , as in other parts of Hin- doftan , but in light and genial fhowers ...
... once delight and astonish . It has plenty of excellent fruits , especially melons , apples , peaches , and apricots ; and the rain de- fcends not in a deluge , as in other parts of Hin- doftan , but in light and genial fhowers ...
Page 147
... fhall conclude this Differtation on the geography of the coun- try , which is properly called HINDOSTAN , with an account of those three mighty rivers which at once L 2 an [ 147 ] mould from Cabul every year; the natural foil ...
... fhall conclude this Differtation on the geography of the coun- try , which is properly called HINDOSTAN , with an account of those three mighty rivers which at once L 2 an [ 147 ] mould from Cabul every year; the natural foil ...
Page 156
... once the capital of Bengal , which is watered by a noble arm of that river ; and , about fixty miles below that city , mingling its waters with thofe of the Megna , rolls in one united and majestic stream into the ocean . The breadth of ...
... once the capital of Bengal , which is watered by a noble arm of that river ; and , about fixty miles below that city , mingling its waters with thofe of the Megna , rolls in one united and majestic stream into the ocean . The breadth of ...
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