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Page 27
Some of the capitals, pillars, 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, ...
Some of the capitals, pillars, 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, ...
Page 28
When we compare the simple bracket or cruciform capital and its plain square
shaft and base, such as we find in the pillars of the cloisters around the platform
of Aurungzeb's mosque behind the modern Bisheswar temple, and also in the ...
When we compare the simple bracket or cruciform capital and its plain square
shaft and base, such as we find in the pillars of the cloisters around the platform
of Aurungzeb's mosque behind the modern Bisheswar temple, and also in the ...
Page 50
The first is the spire of a temple of Mahadeva, whose 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
...
The first is the spire of a temple of Mahadeva, whose 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
...
Page 55
The temple below, however, which is faced with slabs of stone as far as the base
of the dome, has lately been extensively repaired by a tobacconist in the
neighbourhood, named Ganpat, who has embellished its interior with paintings
traced ...
The temple below, however, which is faced with slabs of stone as far as the base
of the dome, has lately been extensively repaired by a tobacconist in the
neighbourhood, named Ganpat, who has embellished its interior with paintings
traced ...
Page 56
This neighbourhood is exceedingly rich in temples of most elaborate
workmanship. Some of them, from the summit to the base, are one mass of
curious and intricate carving. Not that the designs represented on them, although
in some cases ...
This neighbourhood is exceedingly rich in temples of most elaborate
workmanship. Some of them, from the summit to the base, are one mass of
curious and intricate carving. Not that the designs represented on them, although
in some cases ...
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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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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