The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 27
... bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their type , while others are crowded with ornamentation ; and both species are very different from the styles in modern use . The first species is , doubtless , the ...
... bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their type , while others are crowded with ornamentation ; and both species are very different from the styles in modern use . The first species is , doubtless , the ...
Page 28
... base , such as we find in the pillars of the cloisters around the platform of Aurungzeb's mosque behind the modern Bisheśwar temple , and also in the pillars of a Mohammedan cemetery in the neighbourhood of Tiliyá Nálá , with the ...
... base , such as we find in the pillars of the cloisters around the platform of Aurungzeb's mosque behind the modern Bisheśwar temple , and also in the pillars of a Mohammedan cemetery in the neighbourhood of Tiliyá Nálá , with the ...
Page 50
... base is in the quadrangle below ; the second is a large gilded dome ; and the third is the gilded tower of the temple of Bisheswar itself . These three objects are all in a row , in the centre of the quadrangle , filling up most of the ...
... base is in the quadrangle below ; the second is a large gilded dome ; and the third is the gilded tower of the temple of Bisheswar itself . These three objects are all in a row , in the centre of the quadrangle , filling up most of the ...
Page 55
... base of the dome , has lately been extensively repaired by a tobacconist in the neighbour- hood , named Ganpat , who has embellished its interior with paintings traced on the walls , making them look fresh and modern . There is really ...
... base of the dome , has lately been extensively repaired by a tobacconist in the neighbour- hood , named Ganpat , who has embellished its interior with paintings traced on the walls , making them look fresh and modern . There is really ...
Page 56
... base , are one mass of curious and intricate carving . Not that the designs represented on them , although in some cases elegant , display any very remark- able genius ; yet the execution of them is a marvellous feat of chiselling . On ...
... base , are one mass of curious and intricate carving . Not that the designs represented on them , although in some cases elegant , display any very remark- able genius ; yet the execution of them is a marvellous feat of chiselling . On ...
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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