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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... course ; and while Mr. Hunter and his companions were at Oujein , a part of the town , though situated considerably above the level of the river , was overflowed by it : but he nevertheless thinks an earthquake the most probable cause ...
... course ; and while Mr. Hunter and his companions were at Oujein , a part of the town , though situated considerably above the level of the river , was overflowed by it : but he nevertheless thinks an earthquake the most probable cause ...
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... 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 of build- ings are found ...
... 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 of build- ings are found ...
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... course of practice , may in certain things have made improve- ments , which having been communicated to the Indians , were adopted by them ; though ( as Mr. Colebrooke has observed ) not implicitly OF THE HINDŪS . 11.
... course of practice , may in certain things have made improve- ments , which having been communicated to the Indians , were adopted by them ; though ( as Mr. Colebrooke has observed ) not implicitly OF THE HINDŪS . 11.
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... not delivered ready written , like a book of laws , but progressively carried on and improved , through the course of numer- ous succeeding ages . distant regions of space , but the most re- mote 44 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... not delivered ready written , like a book of laws , but progressively carried on and improved , through the course of numer- ous succeeding ages . distant regions of space , but the most re- mote 44 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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... course of our remarks , there is one involved in the tables of Narsapour , as late as the year 1656 , and another as early as the year 78 of our æra , which remarks the death of Sali- vahana , one of their princes , in whose reign * It ...
... course of our remarks , there is one involved in the tables of Narsapour , as late as the year 1656 , and another as early as the year 78 of our æra , which remarks the death of Sali- vahana , one of their princes , in whose reign * It ...
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