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, 1796 - India |
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Abury æra afferted Afia Afiatic aftronomical alfo alſo ancient antiquity Belus Brahmins Britain Britiſh called Carthaginians celebrated circumſtance coaft coaſt commerce confiderable confifted Coptos Cornwall courſe cuſtom cycle dæmon defcendants deity deſcribed diftant Diodorus Siculus diſcovered Druids Eaſt Eaſtern Egypt Egyptians erected eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive facred faid fame fays feems ferpent feſtival fhall fhips fhould fide filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fymbol gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiſtory India iſland itſelf leaſt lefs leſs moſt muſt nations navigation neceffary northern obferved occafion paffage Perfian period Phoenician Pliny preſent prieſts purpoſe race reaſon regions Reſearches reſpective rites Sabian ſcience Scythian ſeems ſhall ſhips Sir William Jones ſtate ſtill Stonehenge ſtones Strabo Stukeley ſuch temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vaft vaſt veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip