Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... called by the Indians Himodhi , * meaning the receptacle of Snow , separated it on the north - east from the countries in- cluded under the general name of Scythia extra Imaum . † 66 India then on its most enlarged scale , * By ...
... called by the Indians Himodhi , * meaning the receptacle of Snow , separated it on the north - east from the countries in- cluded under the general name of Scythia extra Imaum . † 66 India then on its most enlarged scale , * By ...
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... called upon , were obliged at a festival named Rajasuya , or royal sacrifice , to at- tend the Mahah Rajah , and serve in their respective offices . * In the territories of these , as well as in the immediate territories of the Mahal ...
... called upon , were obliged at a festival named Rajasuya , or royal sacrifice , to at- tend the Mahah Rajah , and serve in their respective offices . * In the territories of these , as well as in the immediate territories of the Mahal ...
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... called also Lucknouti , supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy , stood on the left bank of the Ganges , about twenty - five miles below Rajemahal ; no part of the site of ancient Gour , however , is now nearer to the present bank of ...
... called also Lucknouti , supposed to be the Gangia Regia of Ptolemy , stood on the left bank of the Ganges , about twenty - five miles below Rajemahal ; no part of the site of ancient Gour , however , is now nearer to the present bank of ...
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... called by the Greeks Sandrocotus , who had usurped the government , it is possible that he may have removed his residence from Gour to Palibothra ; or , it is possible that the seat of government may have been changed by his ...
... called by the Greeks Sandrocotus , who had usurped the government , it is possible that he may have removed his residence from Gour to Palibothra ; or , it is possible that the seat of government may have been changed by his ...
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... called , of the Veda , prove the author to have adored not the visible material sun , but that divine and incomparably greater light , to use the words of the most venerable text in the Indian scripture , which illumines all , delights ...
... called , of the Veda , prove the author to have adored not the visible material sun , but that divine and incomparably greater light , to use the words of the most venerable text in the Indian scripture , which illumines all , delights ...
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