The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... India , religiously and intellectually , just as Paris represents the political sentiments of France . There are few cities in the world of greater antiquity , and none that have so uninterruptedly maintained their ancient celebrity and ...
... India , religiously and intellectually , just as Paris represents the political sentiments of France . There are few cities in the world of greater antiquity , and none that have so uninterruptedly maintained their ancient celebrity and ...
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... India , are dwelt upon , with some amount of detail , in this volume . I have deemed it of moment , also , in a book of this nature , to make some observations on the influence which education , European civilization , and , above all ...
... India , are dwelt upon , with some amount of detail , in this volume . I have deemed it of moment , also , in a book of this nature , to make some observations on the influence which education , European civilization , and , above all ...
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... 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 , not of a rude character . Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and ...
... 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 , not of a rude character . Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and ...
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... India.— Destruction of Buddhist Structures at Sárnáth , by fire . - Fall of Buddhism • 230 CHAPTER XIX . Ancient Buddhist Ruins at Bakaríyá Kuṇḍ . - Remains of old Wall . - Carved Stones and Ancient Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist ...
... India.— Destruction of Buddhist Structures at Sárnáth , by fire . - Fall of Buddhism • 230 CHAPTER XIX . Ancient Buddhist Ruins at Bakaríyá Kuṇḍ . - Remains of old Wall . - Carved Stones and Ancient Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist ...
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... India . - Principles of pro- gress at work in the city . -- Changes visible in native society . The Brahmo Samáj . - Diminished study of Sanskrit . -Diminished faith in Idolatry in Benares and Northern India generally . - Influence of ...
... India . - Principles of pro- gress at work in the city . -- Changes visible in native society . The Brahmo Samáj . - Diminished study of Sanskrit . -Diminished faith in Idolatry in Benares and Northern India generally . - Influence of ...
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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