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 and Profound Literature of Hindostan : Compared, Throughout, with the Religion, Laws, Government, and Literature, of Persia, Egypt and Greece...H. L.Galabin, 1801 |
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... afferted by Sir William Jones , from the fimi- litude of their rites and fymbols , but can be aftronomically proved ; fince , in India , the day of the week affigned to Buddha is by the Greeks affigned to Hermes , by the Romans to ...
... afferted by Sir William Jones , from the fimi- litude of their rites and fymbols , but can be aftronomically proved ; fince , in India , the day of the week affigned to Buddha is by the Greeks affigned to Hermes , by the Romans to ...
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... fearches , although I am far from esteeming it equally neceffary to adopt his hypothefis of the alteration of the place of the equator , connected connected with the afferted migration . I have endeavoured to 1 [ xii ]
... fearches , although I am far from esteeming it equally neceffary to adopt his hypothefis of the alteration of the place of the equator , connected connected with the afferted migration . I have endeavoured to 1 [ xii ]
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Thomas Maurice. connected with the afferted migration . I have endeavoured to fupport his positions by arguments not hoftile to religion , and far lefs violent to nature . " From the aforefaid country , ( he means Siberia , rendered ha ...
Thomas Maurice. connected with the afferted migration . I have endeavoured to fupport his positions by arguments not hoftile to religion , and far lefs violent to nature . " From the aforefaid country , ( he means Siberia , rendered ha ...
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... afferted , been actually borrowed from Scythia , travellers must have discovered in that country fome ancient monuments of them , fuch as pieces of grotefque fculpture , images of the Gods and Avatars , and infcriptions on pillars or in ...
... afferted , been actually borrowed from Scythia , travellers must have discovered in that country fome ancient monuments of them , fuch as pieces of grotefque fculpture , images of the Gods and Avatars , and infcriptions on pillars or in ...
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... afferted to have derived their name from dgus , an oak ; but , as the order probably ex- ifted prior to the Greek term , and as it is not eafy to conceive whence the Druids in their caverns should have learned to talk Greek , it is ...
... afferted to have derived their name from dgus , an oak ; but , as the order probably ex- ifted prior to the Greek term , and as it is not eafy to conceive whence the Druids in their caverns should have learned to talk Greek , it is ...
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Abury æra afferted Afia Afiatic aftronomical againſt alfo alſo ancient antiquity Brahmins Britain Britiſh called Carthage Carthaginians celebrated circumftance coaft colonies commerce confiderable confifting Cornwall courſe cuſtom dæmon defcribed deity diftant Diodorus Diodorus Siculus Druids Eaft Egypt Egyptians erected eſtabliſhed extenfive facred fame fays feems feftival fent ferpent ferved fhall fhips fhore fhould filk filver fince firft firſt fituated flouriſhed folar fome formed fpecies ftate ftill ftones fubject fuch fuperftition fuppofed fymbol Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus hiftory immenfe India inftance iſland itſelf leaſt lefs leſs metal moft moſt muft muſt nation navigation neceffary northern obferved old Britons paffage paffed Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny prefent prieſts purpoſe race regions Reſearches reſpect rites Sabian ſcience Scythian ſpecies ſtate ſtill ſtone Stonehenge Strabo Stukeley temple thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion Tyre uſed vafes vaft veffels weft weſtern whofe whoſe worſhip