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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Page 59
... Alexander Anderson , of Aberdeen . It was then regarded as a theorem entirely new , and I know not that any of the geometers of that age remarked its affinity to the propositions of Euclid and Ptolemy . It was soon after applied in ...
... Alexander Anderson , of Aberdeen . It was then regarded as a theorem entirely new , and I know not that any of the geometers of that age remarked its affinity to the propositions of Euclid and Ptolemy . It was soon after applied in ...
Page 108
... Alexander . The place where her tem- ple stood , is close to Cabul , and is still secretly visited by Hindu pilgrims . The Nicea of the historians of Alexander is probably the Nicea of Nonnus , which he calls also Astacia , perhaps from ...
... Alexander . The place where her tem- ple stood , is close to Cabul , and is still secretly visited by Hindu pilgrims . The Nicea of the historians of Alexander is probably the Nicea of Nonnus , which he calls also Astacia , perhaps from ...
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... Alexander Hamilton , ( Member of the Asiatic Society at Calcutta , and now Professor at the East India College in Hertfordshire ) and L. Langlès , ( Member of the Institute of France , and keeper of the Oriental Manuscripts in the Royal ...
... Alexander Hamilton , ( Member of the Asiatic Society at Calcutta , and now Professor at the East India College in Hertfordshire ) and L. Langlès , ( Member of the Institute of France , and keeper of the Oriental Manuscripts in the Royal ...
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... Alexander into India , Onesicritus , a disciple of Dio- genes , the Cynic philosopher , wrote a his tory of his life ... Alexander's nuptials , at Susa , with Barsine , or Statira , daugh- ter of the unfortunate Darius , Nearchus * This ...
... Alexander into India , Onesicritus , a disciple of Dio- genes , the Cynic philosopher , wrote a his tory of his life ... Alexander's nuptials , at Susa , with Barsine , or Statira , daugh- ter of the unfortunate Darius , Nearchus * This ...
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... Alexander , which is mentioned by Strabo . Journals of his proceedings were kept by his natural brother , Ptolemy Lagus ; by Aristobulus of Cassandria , ‡ by Diodo- tus of Erythræa , in Boeotia , and by Eu- menes of Cardia , the ...
... Alexander , which is mentioned by Strabo . Journals of his proceedings were kept by his natural brother , Ptolemy Lagus ; by Aristobulus of Cassandria , ‡ by Diodo- tus of Erythræa , in Boeotia , and by Eu- menes of Cardia , the ...
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