The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page ix
... Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city . Mohammedan lust for Hindu edifices ...
... Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city . Mohammedan lust for Hindu edifices ...
Page x
... Hindu Temples in Benares . - Puranic character of the Káśí Division of the City . - No trustworthy information concerning Ancient Buildings to be obtained either from Hindus or from their sacred writings . - Preference of the Old Fanes ...
... Hindu Temples in Benares . - Puranic character of the Káśí Division of the City . - No trustworthy information concerning Ancient Buildings to be obtained either from Hindus or from their sacred writings . - Preference of the Old Fanes ...
Page xiv
... Hindu youths . - A Martin Luther for India . — Influence and spread of Christianity.— Gungá - putras , or sons of the Ganges . - Literary and Religious Societies amongst the natives . - The Benares Institute - Nature of its discussions ...
... Hindu youths . - A Martin Luther for India . — Influence and spread of Christianity.— Gungá - putras , or sons of the Ganges . - Literary and Religious Societies amongst the natives . - The Benares Institute - Nature of its discussions ...
Page xvii
... Hindu power . Deriving its origin from some city , as Pratishthâna , ' or Vârâņasî , it must have acquired extent and consideration by very gradual development . 2 At least since a hundred and twenty years before our era , Vârâņasî , as ...
... Hindu power . Deriving its origin from some city , as Pratishthâna , ' or Vârâņasî , it must have acquired extent and consideration by very gradual development . 2 At least since a hundred and twenty years before our era , Vârâņasî , as ...
Page xxiv
... Hindu memorials teach us . 1 The Purâņas specify but one dynasty of Kâśi kings ; a goodly catalogue , beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son of Kâśa.1 To Kâśa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries ...
... Hindu memorials teach us . 1 The Purâņas specify but one dynasty of Kâśi kings ; a goodly catalogue , beginning , in the most authoritative of those works , with the son of Kâśa.1 To Kâśa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries ...
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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