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
... reign of Bauer , who may properly be called the FOUNDER OF THE MOGUL MONARCHY IN INDIA , and of his father , Ulug Beg , the great aftronomer , who equally awed the Defpots of Afia in the field by his arms , and delighted her Literati in ...
... reign of Bauer , who may properly be called the FOUNDER OF THE MOGUL MONARCHY IN INDIA , and of his father , Ulug Beg , the great aftronomer , who equally awed the Defpots of Afia in the field by his arms , and delighted her Literati in ...
Page 67
... reign of fifty years , as to appear inexhauftible . Mr. Finch's account of the pa lace itself is too remarkable and particular to be omitted ; and I fhall therefore extract it as a fpecimen of that traveller's agreeable , fpirited , and ...
... reign of fifty years , as to appear inexhauftible . Mr. Finch's account of the pa lace itself is too remarkable and particular to be omitted ; and I fhall therefore extract it as a fpecimen of that traveller's agreeable , fpirited , and ...
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... reign of Acbar and his fon Jehaungeer , flourished as the first city for magnificence and commerce in India . Shah Je- haun , by rebuilding Delhi , and by removing the imperial infignia , the treasures and the jewels accumulated by his ...
... reign of Acbar and his fon Jehaungeer , flourished as the first city for magnificence and commerce in India . Shah Je- haun , by rebuilding Delhi , and by removing the imperial infignia , the treasures and the jewels accumulated by his ...
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