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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... called Ujjaini , and sometimes Avanti , in N. L. 23 ° 11 ′ 13 ′′ , and E. Long . from Greenwich , 75 ° 51 ' .- The present city is about a mile distant from the site of the ancient town , which above 1800 years ago was buried in the ...
... called Ujjaini , and sometimes Avanti , in N. L. 23 ° 11 ′ 13 ′′ , and E. Long . from Greenwich , 75 ° 51 ' .- The present city is about a mile distant from the site of the ancient town , which above 1800 years ago was buried in the ...
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... called , as with us , the vernal equinox ; that at which he arrives on the 20th or 21st of September , the autumnal equinox ; on both occasions festivals are observed , but at the vernal equinox , with greater joy and ceremony , in ...
... called , as with us , the vernal equinox ; that at which he arrives on the 20th or 21st of September , the autumnal equinox ; on both occasions festivals are observed , but at the vernal equinox , with greater joy and ceremony , in ...
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... called on the coast of Coromandel , a pandal , a large room made of timbers and the broad leaves of the palm tree . A boy goes to school about the age of five years . He begins by writing the simple letters with chalk on the floor ...
... called on the coast of Coromandel , a pandal , a large room made of timbers and the broad leaves of the palm tree . A boy goes to school about the age of five years . He begins by writing the simple letters with chalk on the floor ...
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... called the radius 3438 minutes . The method by which they came to such an accurate knowledge of the ratio of the dia- * Ayeen Akbery . meter to the circumference , may have been founded on 54 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... called the radius 3438 minutes . The method by which they came to such an accurate knowledge of the ratio of the dia- * Ayeen Akbery . meter to the circumference , may have been founded on 54 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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... & c . down as far as the river Nerbudda , or about the 22d degree of latitude , is called Hindustan , and from thence south- ward , Deckhan , or Dekhin . " To each Veda a treatise , under the title OF THE HINDŪS . 75.
... & c . down as far as the river Nerbudda , or about the 22d degree of latitude , is called Hindustan , and from thence south- ward , Deckhan , or Dekhin . " To each Veda a treatise , under the title OF THE HINDŪS . 75.
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