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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... taken from these ruins , con- tinue to be employed in building ; some are of a much larger size than those made in modern times . - The pre- sent city is of an oblong form , about six miles in cir- cumference , surrounded by walls of ...
... taken from these ruins , con- tinue to be employed in building ; some are of a much larger size than those made in modern times . - The pre- sent city is of an oblong form , about six miles in cir- cumference , surrounded by walls of ...
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... ; and if it be taken instead of Mayer's , which * See Trans . of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , vol . ii . p . 155 , & c . + Ibid . p . 160 . last , on account of its simplicity , I have 30 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... ; and if it be taken instead of Mayer's , which * See Trans . of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , vol . ii . p . 155 , & c . + Ibid . p . 160 . last , on account of its simplicity , I have 30 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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... taken place , just equal to that which the action of the planets on one another may be shewn to have pro- duced , in the space of forty - eight centu- ries , reckoned back from the beginning of the present . " Two other of the elements ...
... taken place , just equal to that which the action of the planets on one another may be shewn to have pro- duced , in the space of forty - eight centu- ries , reckoned back from the beginning of the present . " Two other of the elements ...
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... their country by strangers ; from the want of protection and encouragement , and the effects of persecution and violence . The date seems to prove this . a reform is said to have taken place in the 46 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
... their country by strangers ; from the want of protection and encouragement , and the effects of persecution and violence . The date seems to prove this . a reform is said to have taken place in the 46 ON THE ASTRONOMY , & c .
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Quintin Craufurd. a reform is said to have taken place in the methods of their astronomy . There is no reference to any intermediate date from that time to the beginning of the Kaly- Yug . " The ... taken from the original OF THE HINDŪS . 47.
Quintin Craufurd. a reform is said to have taken place in the methods of their astronomy . There is no reference to any intermediate date from that time to the beginning of the Kaly- Yug . " The ... taken from the original OF THE HINDŪS . 47.
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