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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... temples should correspond with the four cardinal points of the heavens ; and they are all so con- structed . The rules by which the phoenomena of eclipses are deduced from the places of the * Playfair , in Trans . of the Royal Society ...
... temples should correspond with the four cardinal points of the heavens ; and they are all so con- structed . The rules by which the phoenomena of eclipses are deduced from the places of the * Playfair , in Trans . of the Royal Society ...
Page 84
... with a proportional thickness . * Many edi- t * See description of the temple of Seringham , & c . in fices , of immense size , and curious and skil- 84 ON THE ARCHITECTURE , & c . CHAPTER IX Architecture and Ancient Structures the Hindus.
... with a proportional thickness . * Many edi- t * See description of the temple of Seringham , & c . in fices , of immense size , and curious and skil- 84 ON THE ARCHITECTURE , & c . CHAPTER IX Architecture and Ancient Structures the Hindus.
Page 85
... nation difficult to those who have attempted them . Those temples , which are to be met Monumens Anciens et Modernes de l'Hindoustan , par L. Langlès , p . 24 . with , formed by excavations into mountains , may be OF THE HINDUS . 85.
... nation difficult to those who have attempted them . Those temples , which are to be met Monumens Anciens et Modernes de l'Hindoustan , par L. Langlès , p . 24 . with , formed by excavations into mountains , may be OF THE HINDUS . 85.
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... temples which have as yet principally attracted the attention of Europeans , are those at Gayah and Ellora , those on the islands of Salsette and Elephanta , those at Mavali- puram , and those in Cabul and Candahar , which ( as already ...
... temples which have as yet principally attracted the attention of Europeans , are those at Gayah and Ellora , those on the islands of Salsette and Elephanta , those at Mavali- puram , and those in Cabul and Candahar , which ( as already ...
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... temple , which is spacious , has above twenty other rooms and passages . He concludes his account by saying : — " It is necessary to observe , that there are a great many other excavations in the semi- circular mountain that commands a ...
... temple , which is spacious , has above twenty other rooms and passages . He concludes his account by saying : — " It is necessary to observe , that there are a great many other excavations in the semi- circular mountain that commands a ...
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