Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of Ancient and Modern IndiaT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1817 |
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Page 66
... head of Minerva , on the other a figure of Victory ; and the silver coins a head of a young Her- cules on one side , and on the reverse Jupi- ter , in a sitting posture . The author , how- ever , remembers to have seen a piece of silver ...
... head of Minerva , on the other a figure of Victory ; and the silver coins a head of a young Her- cules on one side , and on the reverse Jupi- ter , in a sitting posture . The author , how- ever , remembers to have seen a piece of silver ...
Page 84
... head of a powerful army from Samarcand . Tamer- lane having also entered India , was met by his grandson , and after subduing the town * put to dea igst by him to i red away by are ret exceed . assed by the Ga Jatisappearance Succeeded ...
... head of a powerful army from Samarcand . Tamer- lane having also entered India , was met by his grandson , and after subduing the town * put to dea igst by him to i red away by are ret exceed . assed by the Ga Jatisappearance Succeeded ...
Page 97
... heads , which are numerous , the artist has contrived to spread into a kind of canopy over the sleeping god , and from each of its mouths issues a forked tongue , seeming to threaten death to any whom rashness might prompt to disturb ...
... heads , which are numerous , the artist has contrived to spread into a kind of canopy over the sleeping god , and from each of its mouths issues a forked tongue , seeming to threaten death to any whom rashness might prompt to disturb ...
Page 105
... head ; thus the principal divinity of the Greeks and Latins , whom they call- ed Zeus and Jupiter , with irregular inflex- ions Dios and Jovis , was not merely Ful- minator , the Thunderer , but like the de- stroying power of India ...
... head ; thus the principal divinity of the Greeks and Latins , whom they call- ed Zeus and Jupiter , with irregular inflex- ions Dios and Jovis , was not merely Ful- minator , the Thunderer , but like the de- stroying power of India ...
Page 116
... head illumined with the horns of a crescent ; whilst his lower extremities are deformed and shaggy , as a symbol of the vegetables which the earth produces , and of the beasts who roam over its surface . Now we may compare this portrait ...
... head illumined with the horns of a crescent ; whilst his lower extremities are deformed and shaggy , as a symbol of the vegetables which the earth produces , and of the beasts who roam over its surface . Now we may compare this portrait ...
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