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
... Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings formerly existing at Sárnáth and in its neighbourhood . - Points of agreement in the Narratives.- Modern Explorers of the Ruins . - Extent and Nature of the Remains . The Great Tower ...
... Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings formerly existing at Sárnáth and in its neighbourhood . - Points of agreement in the Narratives.- Modern Explorers of the Ruins . - Extent and Nature of the Remains . The Great Tower ...
Page xiv
... Hian , concerning his visit to Benares and Sárnáth . Extracted from the Foě Kouě Ki by MM . Rémusat , Klaproth , and Landresse · APPENDIX B. Narrative of Hiouen Thsang . Translated by the author from the " Mémoires sur les Contrées ...
... Hian , concerning his visit to Benares and Sárnáth . Extracted from the Foě Kouě Ki by MM . Rémusat , Klaproth , and Landresse · APPENDIX B. Narrative of Hiouen Thsang . Translated by the author from the " Mémoires sur les Contrées ...
Page xvii
... Hian and Hiouen Thsang . Vide infra , p . xxviii . , notes 1 and 2 . In the ordinary belief of the vulgar of Benares , the name of their city is connected with Raja Banâr , -a mythical magnate , of whom mention is associated with that ...
... Hian and Hiouen Thsang . Vide infra , p . xxviii . , notes 1 and 2 . In the ordinary belief of the vulgar of Benares , the name of their city is connected with Raja Banâr , -a mythical magnate , of whom mention is associated with that ...
Page xxii
... Hian may have intended to reproduce Kasirajya , " kingdom of the Kâśis , ” in his words rendered by " le royaume de Kia chi . " Vide infra , p . xxviii . , note 1 . and its chieftains , occurs repeatedly in Sanskrit works of xxii ...
... Hian may have intended to reproduce Kasirajya , " kingdom of the Kâśis , ” in his words rendered by " le royaume de Kia chi . " Vide infra , p . xxviii . , note 1 . and its chieftains , occurs repeatedly in Sanskrit works of xxii ...
Page xxviii
... Hian — of the beginning of the fifth century , and so an earlier traveller than Hiouen Thsang , -is translated as speaking of " la ville de Pho lo naï , dans le royaume de Kia chi . " Foě Kouě Ki , p . 304 . 2 Two of these remembrancers ...
... Hian — of the beginning of the fifth century , and so an earlier traveller than Hiouen Thsang , -is translated as speaking of " la ville de Pho lo naï , dans le royaume de Kia chi . " Foě Kouě Ki , p . 304 . 2 Two of these remembrancers ...
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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