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Samee houses enshrining an The same common through- 

 idol, with a prostrate bull, or out India, 

 other sacred animal, fronting 

 them, near great Pyramid, and 

 at Thebes. 



Monolithic temple of Latona Monolithic temples at Seven 

 at Buto. Pagodahs. 



Pillars of enormous girth, Pillars of enormous girth at 

 Thebes. Elephanta and elsewhere. 



Statues of the Kings with Statues of the Kings in many 

 costumes of India, in the Pa- southern pagodahs of India, The 

 godah at Karnac. great pagodah at Rammisseram 



in the isle of Paumban contains 

 a gallery of statues of Rajahs 

 who enriched the establishment. 

 Rock Sculptures at Abousim- Rock Sculptures at Seven 

 bel. Pagodahs, and Ellora. 



The ground plan of the temples in Egypt and India, is coin- 

 cidental. 



3. The superstition of the Metempsychosis w r as common to 

 both countries. 



4. The institution of castes is alike common. The ancient in- 

 habitants of India Limyrica, like the Egyptians, were divided into 

 seven orders, the philosophers being the most honorable. 



5. The sacred literature was nearly the same in both countries. 

 The Chanters or Lays of the Egyptian priests being the prototypes 

 of the Vedas ; and the Ordinances and Ceremonials of the Egyp- 

 tian sacerdotal books, the same as the Institutes of Menu. 



6. The ceremonial processions with offerings to the Gods found 

 sculptured in Egypt, are similar to those now seen in India.* 



* The following account of a religious festival in Egypt, in Herodo- 

 tus, B. 2 ; C. 63, furnishes the prototype of a similar ceremony in India : 



" But in Papremis they offer sacrifices and perform ceremonies, as in 

 other places ; but, when the sun is on the decline, a few priests are oc- 

 cupied about the image, but the greater number stand, with wooden 

 clubs, at the entrance of the temple ; while others accomplishing their 

 v ows, amounting to more than a thousand men, each armed in like man- 



