Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern India, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1817 - 378 pages |
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... by walls of stone , intersected by towers . - See Narrative of a Journey from Agra to Oujein , by William Hunter , Esq . Asiat . Res . vol . vi . P. 7 . " æra ; but the time from which most of their 4 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... by walls of stone , intersected by towers . - See Narrative of a Journey from Agra to Oujein , by William Hunter , Esq . Asiat . Res . vol . vi . P. 7 . " æra ; but the time from which most of their 4 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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Quintin Craufurd. æra ; but the time from which most of their astronomical tables now existing are con- structed , is two days , three hours , thirty - two minutes , and thirty seconds , after that , or the 18th of February , about six ...
Quintin Craufurd. æra ; but the time from which most of their astronomical tables now existing are con- structed , is two days , three hours , thirty - two minutes , and thirty seconds , after that , or the 18th of February , about six ...
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... æra of the Kaly - Yug , that is , with the begin- ning of the year 3102 before Christ , accord- ing to our reckoning : " when the Brahmins there would calculate the place of the sun for a given time , they begin by reducing into days ...
... æra of the Kaly - Yug , that is , with the begin- ning of the year 3102 before Christ , accord- ing to our reckoning : " when the Brahmins there would calculate the place of the sun for a given time , they begin by reducing into days ...
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... Indiens , et ils n'ont pu l'obtenir que de l'obser- vation . " Bailly , Astron . Ind . Discours Préliminaire , pp . xxxvi , xxxvii , note . * Ibid , p . xxxvi . " 3102 years before our æra , as they are 16 * ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... Indiens , et ils n'ont pu l'obtenir que de l'obser- vation . " Bailly , Astron . Ind . Discours Préliminaire , pp . xxxvi , xxxvii , note . * Ibid , p . xxxvi . " 3102 years before our æra , as they are 16 * ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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Quintin Craufurd. " 3102 years before our æra , as they are at present , the Indians , by calculations made at a much later period , might have disco- vered , that the conjunction of planets and eclipse of the moon mentioned by them ...
Quintin Craufurd. " 3102 years before our æra , as they are at present , the Indians , by calculations made at a much later period , might have disco- vered , that the conjunction of planets and eclipse of the moon mentioned by them ...
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