Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... Hindu Account of the Deluge 91 CHAPTER IV . On the Mythology , & c . of the Hindus , and its Affinity with that of the Greeks and Romans • CHAPTER V. On the Philosophy and Theology of the Hindus CHAPTER VI . The Philosophical and ...
... Hindu Account of the Deluge 91 CHAPTER IV . On the Mythology , & c . of the Hindus , and its Affinity with that of the Greeks and Romans • CHAPTER V. On the Philosophy and Theology of the Hindus CHAPTER VI . The Philosophical and ...
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... Hindus were a polished and refin- ed people , while the inhabitants of Greece were in a state of barbarism , that is , long before Egyptian or Phenician adventurers had visited their country . The learning and sciences of the Hin- dūs ...
... Hindus were a polished and refin- ed people , while the inhabitants of Greece were in a state of barbarism , that is , long before Egyptian or Phenician adventurers had visited their country . The learning and sciences of the Hin- dūs ...
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... Hindus were ever regarded by the Mohammedans in general , with abhorrence and contempt . * The practices of those ... Hindu laws and doctrines , were also the sole in deavours t subjects , I .: had even tr the Brahm .. tion and re ...
... Hindus were ever regarded by the Mohammedans in general , with abhorrence and contempt . * The practices of those ... Hindu laws and doctrines , were also the sole in deavours t subjects , I .: had even tr the Brahm .. tion and re ...
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... Hindu nation to have at- tained at the time they were framed . Besides , I am at a loss to conceive what is intended by saying ... Hindus adopted the Cretan laws , we must deny all that is known of their civil and religious history and ...
... Hindu nation to have at- tained at the time they were framed . Besides , I am at a loss to conceive what is intended by saying ... Hindus adopted the Cretan laws , we must deny all that is known of their civil and religious history and ...
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... Hindus , we believe , is what we understand by ether . In the verses ascribed to Orpheus , it is said that God having produced a large egg , broke it , and that from it came out the heavens and the earth . The same al- legory was made ...
... Hindus , we believe , is what we understand by ether . In the verses ascribed to Orpheus , it is said that God having produced a large egg , broke it , and that from it came out the heavens and the earth . The same al- legory was made ...
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