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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... seems to have carefully examined the spot , observes , that no volcanic conical hills , or traces of volcanic scoriæ are to be found in the neighbourhood of it . It has been suggested that its destruction may have been occasioned by an ...
... seems to have carefully examined the spot , observes , that no volcanic conical hills , or traces of volcanic scoriæ are to be found in the neighbourhood of it . It has been suggested that its destruction may have been occasioned by an ...
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... I apprehend that it must have been the Arabs who adopted ( with slight variations ) a division of the zodiac familiar to the Hindus . This , at least , seems to be more probable than the supposition 8 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... I apprehend that it must have been the Arabs who adopted ( with slight variations ) a division of the zodiac familiar to the Hindus . This , at least , seems to be more probable than the supposition 8 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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Quintin Craufurd. least , seems to be more probable than the supposition , that the Indians received their system from the Arabians : we know , that the Hindus have preserved the memory of a former situation of the Colures , compared to ...
Quintin Craufurd. least , seems to be more probable than the supposition , that the Indians received their system from the Arabians : we know , that the Hindus have preserved the memory of a former situation of the Colures , compared to ...
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... seem to have been selected , which are best adapted for making out , by lines drawn between them , the places of the moon in her pro- gress through the heavens . " * The date given to the tables brought from Tirvalore , coincides with ...
... seem to have been selected , which are best adapted for making out , by lines drawn between them , the places of the moon in her pro- gress through the heavens . " * The date given to the tables brought from Tirvalore , coincides with ...
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... seem to possess ; for it is evident that their knowledge in science and learn- ing , instead of being improved , has greatly declined from what it appears to have been in the remote ages of their history . And besides , for what purpose ...
... seem to possess ; for it is evident that their knowledge in science and learn- ing , instead of being improved , has greatly declined from what it appears to have been in the remote ages of their history . And besides , for what purpose ...
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