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, 1801 - India |
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Abury æra afferted Afia Afiatic alfo alſo ancient antiquity aſtronomical Belus Boodh Brahmins braſs Britain Britiſh called Carthage Carthaginians celebrated circumſtance coaft colonies commerce confiderable confifting Cornwall courſe cuſtom dæmon defcribed deity diftinguiſhed Diodorus Diodorus Siculus diſtant doubtleſs Druids Egypt Egyptians erected eſtabliſhed extenſive facred fame ferpent feſtival fide filk filver fince firſt fituated folar fome formed ftones fubject fuch fuperftition Gaul gold Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus Hiſtory hypothefis immenfe India Inſtitutes inveſtigation itſelf leſs metal moſt muſt nation navigation neceſſary northern obſerved occafion old Britons paſſage Perfian period Phoenicians Pliny preſent probably purpoſe race reaſon regions Reſearches reſpect rites Sabian ſame Sanfcreet ſays ſcarcely ſcience Scythian ſeems ſerved ſhall ſhips ſhore ſhould ſkins ſome ſpecies ſtanding ſtate ſtill Stonehenge ſtones Strabo Stukeley ſuch ſuppoſed ſymbol ſyſtem temple themſelves theſe thoſe tion tranſported Tyre univerſal uſed vaſt veſſels whoſe worſhip