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7. The costumes of the Hindoo divinities, preserved in the dra- 

 mas of the country, are such as are met with in Egyptian images. 

 The costumes of the Kings seen on their statues at Kamac in 

 Egypt are Indian. f 



8. Human sacrifices were practised by both people. 



9. The Indians, according to Curtius, served the deity Manes, 

 the same as Menes a name of Misraim, from him the priests were 

 styled Barachmanes or Brachmans. 



10. Two languages were used in Egypt viz., the Hieratic or 

 language of the priests, and the Demotic or language of the peo- 

 ple ; the same is the case in India. A close affinity is now found 

 to have existed in the languages of India and Egypt. The written 

 Abyssinian language or that of the Ethiopians, so intimately con- 

 nected with the Egyptians, is written like the Indian languages 

 from left to right, and the vowels are annexed as in Devanagari to 

 the consonants, with which they form a syllabic system. 



11. The cremation of the body by the Brahmins, and its pre- 

 servation as a mummy by the Egyptians, are referable to the same 

 cause, which is the prevention of corruption under the belief of a 

 Metempsychosis. 



12. Animal worship common to both religions. 



13. The African physiognomy and woolly hair found on idols 

 of the Buddhic faith, an offshoot from Brahminism, are derived 

 from Egypt. 



ner, stand in a body on the opposite side. But the image, placed in a 

 small wooden temple, gilded all over, they carry out to another sacred 

 dwelling: then the few who were left about the image draw a four- 

 ivheeled carriage, containing the temple and the image that is in it. But 

 the priests, who stand at the entrance, refuse to give them admittance ; 

 and the votaries, bringing succour to the god, oppose, and then strike, 

 whereupon an obstinate combat with clubs ensues, and they break one 

 another's heads, and, as I conjecture, many die of their wounds ; though 

 the Egyptians deny that any one dies," 



t The lists of the Kings of Southern India, now nearly complete, 

 might be easily illustrated with portraits by our photographers. Many 

 of the pagodahs of this Presidency contain statues of Kings who were 

 founders or benefactors. 



