The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page vi
... Ganges— the legends concerning them - the peculiar customs at the temples - the ceremonies of the idolater - the modes of worship the religious festivals , and other topics , illustrative of the character which Benares maintains as the ...
... Ganges— the legends concerning them - the peculiar customs at the temples - the ceremonies of the idolater - the modes of worship the religious festivals , and other topics , illustrative of the character which Benares maintains as the ...
Page ix
... Ganges . - Devotees and pilgrims . -Benares , the religious centre of India - CHAPTER II . No Architectural remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in India . - Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period ...
... Ganges . - Devotees and pilgrims . -Benares , the religious centre of India - CHAPTER II . No Architectural remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in India . - Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period ...
Page xii
... Ganges.- Ad - keśav Temple . - Barna Ghát . - Ráj Ghat Fort ; its use in 1857. - Remains of Buddhist Monastery . - Tank of Bhairo.- Lát or Pillar of Siva . - Ancient Pillar . - Account of Dis- turbance in Benares when the Pillar was ...
... Ganges.- Ad - keśav Temple . - Barna Ghát . - Ráj Ghat Fort ; its use in 1857. - Remains of Buddhist Monastery . - Tank of Bhairo.- Lát or Pillar of Siva . - Ancient Pillar . - Account of Dis- turbance in Benares when the Pillar was ...
Page xiv
... Ganges . - Literary and Religious Societies amongst the natives . - The Benares Institute - Nature of its discussions . - Lecture of Pandit Lakshmají - His account of the consequences of Hinduism . - Effect of Missions and Education on ...
... Ganges . - Literary and Religious Societies amongst the natives . - The Benares Institute - Nature of its discussions . - Lecture of Pandit Lakshmají - His account of the consequences of Hinduism . - Effect of Missions and Education on ...
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... Ganges , it seemed to me unlikely that he should anywhere speak of it by a periphrasis like that of " the river of London . " I had observed , too , that , instead of " environ , ” etc. , M. Klaproth had written : " Au nord [ sic ] de ...
... Ganges , it seemed to me unlikely that he should anywhere speak of it by a periphrasis like that of " the river of London . " I had observed , too , that , instead of " environ , ” etc. , M. Klaproth had written : " Au nord [ sic ] de ...
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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-laď 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