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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Page 26
... referred to , when children first go to school , is about a penny , and one day's provisions per month , which , if for the master only , may , probably , be calculated at two - pence . As the boys advance in learning , the wages to the ...
... referred to , when children first go to school , is about a penny , and one day's provisions per month , which , if for the master only , may , probably , be calculated at two - pence . As the boys advance in learning , the wages to the ...
Page 36
... referring the epoch of their determination to the year 3102 before our æra , or to a period still more ancient . This coincidence in three ele- ments , altogether independent of one an- other , cannot be the effect of chance . The ...
... referring the epoch of their determination to the year 3102 before our æra , or to a period still more ancient . This coincidence in three ele- ments , altogether independent of one an- other , cannot be the effect of chance . The ...
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... referred to , or a few days before or after it . At this time , therefore , it is certain , that astronomical observations were made in India , and that the Brahmins were not , as they are now , without any know- ledge of the principles ...
... referred to , or a few days before or after it . At this time , therefore , it is certain , that astronomical observations were made in India , and that the Brahmins were not , as they are now , without any know- ledge of the principles ...
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... refer , of the age to which they were originally adapted . We have seen that the tables of Krishnapouram , though they profess to be no older than the year 1491 of our æra , are in reality more ancient than the tables of Tirvalore ...
... refer , of the age to which they were originally adapted . We have seen that the tables of Krishnapouram , though they profess to be no older than the year 1491 of our æra , are in reality more ancient than the tables of Tirvalore ...
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... refer to an astronomy at Benares , which they empha- tically style the ancient , and which , they say , is not now understood by them , though they believe it to be much more accurate than that by which they now calculate . That it is ...
... refer to an astronomy at Benares , which they empha- tically style the ancient , and which , they say , is not now understood by them , though they believe it to be much more accurate than that by which they now calculate . That it is ...
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