Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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... visited India , secretly . We shall in substance quote the pas- sage : - " The principal fire temple and usual place of residence of Zoroaster , and of his royal protector Da- rius Hystaspes , was at Balkh , the capital of Bactria ...
... visited India , secretly . We shall in substance quote the pas- sage : - " The principal fire temple and usual place of residence of Zoroaster , and of his royal protector Da- rius Hystaspes , was at Balkh , the capital of Bactria ...
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... visited was , doubtless , Cashmire , where , in all probability , the ge- nuine religion of Brahma flourished longest without adulteration . ” — Indian Antiq . vol . ii . pp . 125 and 126 . The author he refers to , is Ammianus ...
... visited was , doubtless , Cashmire , where , in all probability , the ge- nuine religion of Brahma flourished longest without adulteration . ” — Indian Antiq . vol . ii . pp . 125 and 126 . The author he refers to , is Ammianus ...
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... visited their country . The learning and sciences of the Hin- dūs , and the affinity which appears to exist between their mythology and that of the Egyptians , Greeks , and Romans , began in the course of the last century to occupy the ...
... visited their country . The learning and sciences of the Hin- dūs , and the affinity which appears to exist between their mythology and that of the Egyptians , Greeks , and Romans , began in the course of the last century to occupy the ...
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... visited India . Amongst the ngs brought back by them , apes and peacocks are entioned ( 1 Kings , c . x . v . 22 ) : the former might be ocured in Africa , but the peacock is properly an in- bitant of India , whence it was brought into ...
... visited India . Amongst the ngs brought back by them , apes and peacocks are entioned ( 1 Kings , c . x . v . 22 ) : the former might be ocured in Africa , but the peacock is properly an in- bitant of India , whence it was brought into ...
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... visited . * of a fa mi a ser A general mane cases of Br * it is superf ... 10 is precve tatat crime to * Though the prices at the principal European settle- ments , even of the productions of the country , are higher than those in ...
... visited . * of a fa mi a ser A general mane cases of Br * it is superf ... 10 is precve tatat crime to * Though the prices at the principal European settle- ments , even of the productions of the country , are higher than those in ...
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