The pyramids of Egypt, three of which still remain to astonish mankind. […] The Palace of Cyrus, king of Persia, which is recorded to have been a most splendid edifice, of which the stones were cemented with gold. […] The Vedas themselves enjoin upon some particular occasions, the sacrifice of a man; which is called Neramedha; or of a bull, which is named Gomedha; or of a horse, which is styled Aswamedha. […] The sacred fire, which was reverenced as the emblem of the great. […] with which of the Grecian Deities was he identified?