The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... Temple , 255 . PERSIA ... 256 Zoroaster , 256 to 259. The Sacred Book called Zend - Avesta , 258 to 269 . Gods and Spirits , 259 to 261. The Magi , 269 to 273. Sects , 273. Fire- worshippers , 275 to 279. Devil - worshippers , 279 to ...
... Temple , 255 . PERSIA ... 256 Zoroaster , 256 to 259. The Sacred Book called Zend - Avesta , 258 to 269 . Gods and Spirits , 259 to 261. The Magi , 269 to 273. Sects , 273. Fire- worshippers , 275 to 279. Devil - worshippers , 279 to ...
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... temple is ninety feet long and thirty - eight wide , with a spacious portico , and a lofty , fluted , concave roof , which gives it a majestic appearance . Two rows of col- umns , thirty - four in number , form an area in the centre ...
... temple is ninety feet long and thirty - eight wide , with a spacious portico , and a lofty , fluted , concave roof , which gives it a majestic appearance . Two rows of col- umns , thirty - four in number , form an area in the centre ...
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... temple is itself one hundred and thirty feet in length , and the same in breadth ; not includ- ing numerous apartments and chapels connected with it . The whole is hewn solely out of rock , and forms a com- plete grotto . Being lower ...
... temple is itself one hundred and thirty feet in length , and the same in breadth ; not includ- ing numerous apartments and chapels connected with it . The whole is hewn solely out of rock , and forms a com- plete grotto . Being lower ...
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... temple are two baths , with walls beautifully carved , the roof and cornice painted in mosaic patterns , the colours of which are still brilliant . Bramins confess that it is impossible to assign any date to these wonderful All ...
... temple are two baths , with walls beautifully carved , the roof and cornice painted in mosaic patterns , the colours of which are still brilliant . Bramins confess that it is impossible to assign any date to these wonderful All ...
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... temples are those at Ellora , almost in the exact centre of India , near Deogur , which signifies The Holy Mountain . These excavations are hewn within a chain of mountains , embracing a circuit of six miles , arranged in horse - shoe ...
... temples are those at Ellora , almost in the exact centre of India , near Deogur , which signifies The Holy Mountain . These excavations are hewn within a chain of mountains , embracing a circuit of six miles , arranged in horse - shoe ...
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