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 ; and though , from what has been transmitted to us of his doctrines , it is evident that many of them must have been borrowed from the Hindus , yet the Greeks , before the expedition of Alexander , had but little ...
... visited India ; and though , from what has been transmitted to us of his doctrines , it is evident that many of them must have been borrowed from the Hindus , yet the Greeks , before the expedition of Alexander , had but little ...
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... visited India , secretly . We shall in substance quote the pas sage : " The principal fire temple and usual place of ... visiting them . In reality we are told , by one of the later From the intelligence supplied by the early Greek and ...
... visited India , secretly . We shall in substance quote the pas sage : " The principal fire temple and usual place of ... visiting them . In reality we are told , by one of the later From the intelligence supplied by the early Greek and ...
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... visited was , doubtless , Cashmire , where , in all probability , the genuine 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 genuine 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 Hindūs , 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 Hindūs , 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 things brought back by them , apes and peacocks are mentioned ( 1 Kings , c . x . v . 22 ) : the former might be procured in Africa , but the peacock is properly an inhabitant of India , whence it was brought ...
... visited India . Amongst the things brought back by them , apes and peacocks are mentioned ( 1 Kings , c . x . v . 22 ) : the former might be procured in Africa , but the peacock is properly an inhabitant of India , whence it was brought ...
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