 | Asiatic Society of Bengal - 1808 - 582 pages
...geographical tracts, the Hindus have also maps of the world, both according to the system of the Paur&riics, and of the astronomers : the latter are very common....they never make use of a scale of equal parts. The " i • 1 <• sea snores, rivers, and ranges or mountains, are represented in general by straight... | |
 | 1916 - 500 pages
...geographical tracts, the Hindus have also maps of the world, both according to the system of the Puuranihs, and of the astronomers : the latter are very common....shores, rivers, and ranges of mountains, are represented in general by straight lines, The best map of this sort I ever saw, was one of the kingdom of Nepal,... | |
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Pauran'ics, and of the astronomers: the latter are very common. They have also maps of India, and of particular districts, in which latitudes and longitudes are entirely out of question, and they never make use of a scale of equal parts. The sea shores,... 