The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... built by Mânasimha about A.D. 1600 , is , it may be , the only noteworthy Hindu edifice of the 4 1 Fiscally , too , it had come , in the days of Akbar , to be of very secondary note . See the Ayeen Akbery , Vol . II . , Appendix , p ...
... built by Mânasimha about A.D. 1600 , is , it may be , the only noteworthy Hindu edifice of the 4 1 Fiscally , too , it had come , in the days of Akbar , to be of very secondary note . See the Ayeen Akbery , Vol . II . , Appendix , p ...
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... built , and by what prince or patriarch , is altogether un- known . But of its great antiquity , stretching back through the dim ages of early Indian history , far into the clouds and mists of the Vedic and pre - historical periods ...
... built , and by what prince or patriarch , is altogether un- known . But of its great antiquity , stretching back through the dim ages of early Indian history , far into the clouds and mists of the Vedic and pre - historical periods ...
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... built about B.C. 700 , while others , in a less ornamented style , were erected still earlier and even these were preceded by wooden buildings . If this be correct , why should not at least the same antiquity be conceded to Indian ...
... built about B.C. 700 , while others , in a less ornamented style , were erected still earlier and even these were preceded by wooden buildings . If this be correct , why should not at least the same antiquity be conceded to Indian ...
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... built Jagat Ganj , a ward or district in the suburbs of the city . The chief reason why Benares has been thus neglected is , in my judgment , attributable partly to its great ex- tent , and partly to the general ignorance as to the ...
... built Jagat Ganj , a ward or district in the suburbs of the city . The chief reason why Benares has been thus neglected is , in my judgment , attributable partly to its great ex- tent , and partly to the general ignorance as to the ...
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... built of old materials . In these , more especially in their columns , may be traced a gradation of style . When we compare the simple bracket or cruciform capital and its plain square shaft and base , such as we find in the pillars of ...
... built of old materials . In these , more especially in their columns , may be traced a gradation of style . When we compare the simple bracket or cruciform capital and its plain square shaft and base , such as we find in the pillars 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-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