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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... high reputation they enjoy in the learned world . The late Monsieur Bailly , in his Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale , men- VOL . II . B tions four sets of tables , brought to Europe at On the Astronomy and other Sciences.
... high reputation they enjoy in the learned world . The late Monsieur Bailly , in his Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale , men- VOL . II . B tions four sets of tables , brought to Europe at On the Astronomy and other Sciences.
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... 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 appears to have been lost since the conquest of their country by strangers ...
... 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 appears to have been lost since the conquest of their country by strangers ...
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... . We have only quoted what we thought immediately re- ferred to our subject . He says , that late astronomical tables , more perfect than those VOL . II . F 3 formerly used , do not allow the admission of OF THE HINDŪS . 65.
... . We have only quoted what we thought immediately re- ferred to our subject . He says , that late astronomical tables , more perfect than those VOL . II . F 3 formerly used , do not allow the admission of OF THE HINDŪS . 65.
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... late author has abruptly pronounced the Vedas to be forgeries . " It has been already mentioned , that the practice of reading the principal Vedas in superstitious modes , tends to preserve the genuine text . Copies , prepared for such ...
... late author has abruptly pronounced the Vedas to be forgeries . " It has been already mentioned , that the practice of reading the principal Vedas in superstitious modes , tends to preserve the genuine text . Copies , prepared for such ...
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... late Nabob of the Carnatic , Mahomed Ally , * after some fruitless attempts to recover them , resolved to make a final effort for that purpose . He accordingly entered the province at the head of those who had accompanied him in his ...
... late Nabob of the Carnatic , Mahomed Ally , * after some fruitless attempts to recover them , resolved to make a final effort for that purpose . He accordingly entered the province at the head of those who had accompanied him in his ...
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