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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... present city is about a mile distant from the site of the ancient town , which above 1800 years ago was buried in the earth , by some extraordinary natural convulsion . Avanti , or Ujjaini , was the magnificent capital of the celebrated ...
... present city is about a mile distant from the site of the ancient town , which above 1800 years ago was buried in the earth , by some extraordinary natural convulsion . Avanti , or Ujjaini , was the magnificent capital of the celebrated ...
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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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... present only fifty and a third seconds in the year . From this motion of fifty - four seconds , they have evidently formed many of their calculations . They have a cycle or period of sixty years , each of which has its particular name ...
... present only fifty and a third seconds in the year . From this motion of fifty - four seconds , they have evidently formed many of their calculations . They have a cycle or period of sixty years , each of which has its particular name ...
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... present , and leave no room for the introduction of disorder , or of any irregula- rity that might constantly increase . Many of these periods , however , are of vast du- ration . A great number of ages , for in- stance , must elapse ...
... present , and leave no room for the introduction of disorder , or of any irregula- rity that might constantly increase . Many of these periods , however , are of vast du- ration . A great number of ages , for in- stance , must elapse ...
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Quintin Craufurd. at present . An astronomy , therefore , which professes to be so ancient as the Indian , ought to differ considerably from ours in many of its elements . If , indeed , these differences are irregular , they are the ...
Quintin Craufurd. at present . An astronomy , therefore , which professes to be so ancient as the Indian , ought to differ considerably from ours in many of its elements . If , indeed , these differences are irregular , they are the ...
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