Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 84
... advanced at the head of a powerful army from Samarcand . Tamerlane having also entered India , was met by his grandson , and after subduing the town " 7 and provinces of Delhy , marched with a part of 84 CREATION . - LAWS , AND.
... advanced at the head of a powerful army from Samarcand . Tamerlane having also entered India , was met by his grandson , and after subduing the town " 7 and provinces of Delhy , marched with a part of 84 CREATION . - LAWS , AND.
Page 85
Quintin Craufurd. and provinces of Delhy , marched with a part of his army in a north - east direction as far as the place where the Ganges issues out of the mountains of Srinagur , about 100 miles E. N. E. of Hurdwar . From thence ...
Quintin Craufurd. and provinces of Delhy , marched with a part of his army in a north - east direction as far as the place where the Ganges issues out of the mountains of Srinagur , about 100 miles E. N. E. of Hurdwar . From thence ...
Page 118
... army through the deserts of Lybia , was in danger of perishing for want of water , when his father Jupiter appearing in the shape of a ram , conducted him to a fountain . In testimony of gratitude , he there built a temple to Jupiter ...
... army through the deserts of Lybia , was in danger of perishing for want of water , when his father Jupiter appearing in the shape of a ram , conducted him to a fountain . In testimony of gratitude , he there built a temple to Jupiter ...
Page 119
... army of satyrs . It were superfluous in a mere essay , to go any length in the parallel between this European god and Ayodhya , whom the Hindus believe to have been an appearance on earth of the preserving power ; to have been a ...
... army of satyrs . It were superfluous in a mere essay , to go any length in the parallel between this European god and Ayodhya , whom the Hindus believe to have been an appearance on earth of the preserving power ; to have been a ...
Page 120
... army of satyrs have been merely a race of mountaineers ? ---- However that may be , the large breed of Indian apes is , at this moment , held in high veneration by the Hindūs , and fed with devotion by the Brahmins ; who seem , in two ...
... army of satyrs have been merely a race of mountaineers ? ---- However that may be , the large breed of Indian apes is , at this moment , held in high veneration by the Hindūs , and fed with devotion by the Brahmins ; who seem , in two ...
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