The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Ghát , and the Raja of Nag- pore's Ghát . - Temple of Briddhkál . — Shrines of Márkaṇḍeśwar and Daksheswar . - Legend of Raja Daksh . - Temples of Alpmriteswar and Ratneswar . CHAPTER V. Legend respecting Divodás . -Temple of ...
... Ghát , and the Raja of Nag- pore's Ghát . - Temple of Briddhkál . — Shrines of Márkaṇḍeśwar and Daksheswar . - Legend of Raja Daksh . - Temples of Alpmriteswar and Ratneswar . CHAPTER V. Legend respecting Divodás . -Temple of ...
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... Ghát . - Rám Ghát . 139 CHAPTER XII . The Bengali population of Benares . - The popular Temple of Kedareswar . - Legend of Kedár . - Mánsarwar Tank and sur- rounding Temples . — Bál - Krishna and Chaturbhuj Idols . — Máneswar Temple ...
... Ghát . - Rám Ghát . 139 CHAPTER XII . The Bengali population of Benares . - The popular Temple of Kedareswar . - Legend of Kedár . - Mánsarwar Tank and sur- rounding Temples . — Bál - Krishna and Chaturbhuj Idols . — Máneswar Temple ...
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... 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 thrown down . - The Ghazeepore Road ...
... 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 thrown down . - The Ghazeepore Road ...
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... Ghát Fort . - Ancient Remains , No. II . , near Ráj Ghát Fort.- Ancient Remains , No. III . , Small Mosque in the Budáoǹ Mahalla . — Ancient Mound or Ridge . - Ancient Remains , No. IV . , Tiliyá Nálá and Maqdam Sáhib . — Ancient ...
... Ghát Fort . - Ancient Remains , No. II . , near Ráj Ghát Fort.- Ancient Remains , No. III . , Small Mosque in the Budáoǹ Mahalla . — Ancient Mound or Ridge . - Ancient Remains , No. IV . , Tiliyá Nálá and Maqdam Sáhib . — Ancient ...
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... GHÁT RAJA OF NAGPORE'S GHÁT THE MINARETS THE NEPALESE TEMPLE PAGE Frontispiece 70 72 . 110 137 RÁM GHÁT 145 · GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . 240 No. II . 241 22 " " ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE ...
... GHÁT RAJA OF NAGPORE'S GHÁT THE MINARETS THE NEPALESE TEMPLE PAGE Frontispiece 70 72 . 110 137 RÁM GHÁT 145 · GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . 240 No. II . 241 22 " " ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE ...
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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