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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... Christian change in the course of the river , admitting the tradi- tion in that respect to be true , must have been the effect of that convulsion . By digging about eighteen feet deep , on the spot where the ancient city stood , walls ...
... Christian change in the course of the river , admitting the tradi- tion in that respect to be true , must have been the effect of that convulsion . By digging about eighteen feet deep , on the spot where the ancient city stood , walls ...
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... 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 the intervals between that time and the commencement of the Kaly - Yug ...
... 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 the intervals between that time and the commencement of the Kaly - Yug ...
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... Christ , their difference from them in the place of the sun , is 1 ° 30 ′ , and in that of the moon 6 ° ; which , though much less than the former differences , are sufficient to prove , that the tables of India are not bor- rowed from ...
... Christ , their difference from them in the place of the sun , is 1 ° 30 ′ , and in that of the moon 6 ° ; which , though much less than the former differences , are sufficient to prove , that the tables of India are not bor- rowed from ...
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... Christ , the apparent and annual mean motion of Saturn was 12 ° 13 ′ 14 " , and the Indian tables make it 12 ° 13 ′ 13 ′′ . In like manner , I find that the annual and apparent mean motion of Ju- piter at that epoch , was 30 ° 20 ′ 42 ...
... Christ , the apparent and annual mean motion of Saturn was 12 ° 13 ′ 14 " , and the Indian tables make it 12 ° 13 ′ 13 ′′ . In like manner , I find that the annual and apparent mean motion of Ju- piter at that epoch , was 30 ° 20 ′ 42 ...
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... Christian æra . At that time , therefore , or in the ages pre- ceding it , the observations must have been made from which these elements were de- duced . For it is abundantly evident , that the Brahmins of later times , however will ...
... Christian æra . At that time , therefore , or in the ages pre- ceding it , the observations must have been made from which these elements were de- duced . For it is abundantly evident , that the Brahmins of later times , however will ...
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