The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xii
... Cheit Singh's Tank . - Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares . - Temple of Vedavyás . - Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares ...
... Cheit Singh's Tank . - Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares . - Temple of Vedavyás . - Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares ...
Page 34
... Cheit Singh , in the time of Warren Hastings , but is no longer inhabited by the Rajas of Benares . The third fort is that in which the present Raja dwells , and is situated at Rámnagar , upwards of a mile to the south - east of S'iválá ...
... Cheit Singh , in the time of Warren Hastings , but is no longer inhabited by the Rajas of Benares . The third fort is that in which the present Raja dwells , and is situated at Rámnagar , upwards of a mile to the south - east of S'iválá ...
Page 169
... Cheit Singh's Tank . — Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares.- Temple of Vedavyás , — The Panch - kosí Road or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . - Sanitary condition of Benares ...
... Cheit Singh's Tank . — Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares.- Temple of Vedavyás , — The Panch - kosí Road or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . - Sanitary condition of Benares ...
Page 172
... Cheit Singh . The former is surrounded by a spacious ghát , the stairs of which are built of stone . On occasion of the natives of Benares proceeding on pilgrimage to this spot , they are ac- customed to bathe in the tank ; and ...
... Cheit Singh . The former is surrounded by a spacious ghát , the stairs of which are built of stone . On occasion of the natives of Benares proceeding on pilgrimage to this spot , they are ac- customed to bathe in the tank ; and ...
Page 197
... Cheit Singh , the former Raja of Benares , and the destruction of his family , which followed that event . When Cheit Singh rebelled against the British Government , he was residing in a strong fort built upon the banks of the Ganges ...
... Cheit Singh , the former Raja of Benares , and the destruction of his family , which followed that event . When Cheit Singh rebelled against the British Government , he was residing in a strong fort built upon the banks of the Ganges ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Bodhi Brahmans bricks Buddha Buddhist building built capitals carved centre chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deer deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence extent feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess ground held Hian Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laï the Tathágata Káśí king large number Mahadeva Mahalla medan Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque mound native neighbourhood niches northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable river road ruins sacred Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured shrine side Siva spot square stands statue stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship