The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS . 1 ! Photographed by D. Tresham , Esq . ..
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS . 1 ! Photographed by D. Tresham , Esq . ..
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. Photographed by D. Tresham , Esq . .. น RAJA OF AHMETY'S TEMPLE . THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS : AN ACCOUNT OF.
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. Photographed by D. Tresham , Esq . .. น RAJA OF AHMETY'S TEMPLE . THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS : AN ACCOUNT OF.
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... Hinduism has had her home in the bosom of her most impassioned votaries . This city , therefore , has given impulse and vigour to the two religions which to this day govern half the world . An account of a city of such remarkable ...
... Hinduism has had her home in the bosom of her most impassioned votaries . This city , therefore , has given impulse and vigour to the two religions which to this day govern half the world . An account of a city of such remarkable ...
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... Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the ... Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the ...
... Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the ... Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the ...
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... Hindus or from their sacred writings . - Preference of the Old Fanes by Pilgrims . Trilochan Temple . - Legends respecting Trilochan . -The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from Worshipping in this Temple . - Kot Lingeswar ...
... Hindus or from their sacred writings . - Preference of the Old Fanes by Pilgrims . Trilochan Temple . - Legends respecting Trilochan . -The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from Worshipping in this Temple . - Kot Lingeswar ...
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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