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Page xxxvi
As to the extent of the city , " the measured length along the banks of the river , by
survey , is barely three miles ; and the average depth does not exceed one mile .
” Benares Illustrated , p . 12. Hiouen Thsang found Benares , in the seventh ...
As to the extent of the city , " the measured length along the banks of the river , by
survey , is barely three miles ; and the average depth does not exceed one mile .
” Benares Illustrated , p . 12. Hiouen Thsang found Benares , in the seventh ...
Page 16
Some of them - not a few in number — are termed “ Sons of the Ganges , " and
are chiefly found on the banks of that stream , aiding the devotions of the
numerous worshippers daily resorting thither . Devotees and pilgrims , separately
, or in ...
Some of them - not a few in number — are termed “ Sons of the Ganges , " and
are chiefly found on the banks of that stream , aiding the devotions of the
numerous worshippers daily resorting thither . Devotees and pilgrims , separately
, or in ...
Page 33
There is still a scattered population on the southern bank of the Barna , living in
small villages or hamlets ; and , to the north of the present city , between it and
the Barna , mausoleums , dargáhs , mosques , and even Hindu buildings , most
of ...
There is still a scattered population on the southern bank of the Barna , living in
small villages or hamlets ; and , to the north of the present city , between it and
the Barna , mausoleums , dargáhs , mosques , and even Hindu buildings , most
of ...
Page 95
... even in those early ages when the city extended for miles on the banks of the
great river to the north and northeast of the Barna stream , its southern extremity
not only included of the modern city what I have termed Benares Proper , but also
...
... even in those early ages when the city extended for miles on the banks of the
great river to the north and northeast of the Barna stream , its southern extremity
not only included of the modern city what I have termed Benares Proper , but also
...
Page 104
A short distance higher up the stream is Gáe Ghát , jutting out a little beyond the
bank . Two other temples in this neighbourhood are , possibly , of the same era
as the Trilochan fane . The first is the temple of Nirbuddheswar , situated only a ...
A short distance higher up the stream is Gáe Ghát , jutting out a little beyond the
bank . Two other temples in this neighbourhood are , possibly , of the same era
as the Trilochan fane . The first is the temple of Nirbuddheswar , situated only a ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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