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The Observatory , built by Mânasimha * about A.D. 1600 , is , it may be , the only noteworthy Hindu edifice of the 3 4 city , still entire , of so great antiquity . 1 Fiscally , too , it had come , in the days of Akbar , to be of very ...
The Observatory , built by Mânasimha * about A.D. 1600 , is , it may be , the only noteworthy Hindu edifice of the 3 4 city , still entire , of so great antiquity . 1 Fiscally , too , it had come , in the days of Akbar , to be of very ...
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Although such a supposition is incapable of direct proof , yet the sacred city must , undoubtedly , be reckoned amongst the primitive cities founded by this people . When it was first built , and by what prince or patriarch ...
Although such a supposition is incapable of direct proof , yet the sacred city must , undoubtedly , be reckoned amongst the primitive cities founded by this people . When it was first built , and by what prince or patriarch ...
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Of the ancient Assyrian palaces discovered by Layard , those most elaborately sculptured were built about B.C. 700 , while others , in a less ornamented style , were erected still earlier ...
Of the ancient Assyrian palaces discovered by Layard , those most elaborately sculptured were built about B.C. 700 , while others , in a less ornamented style , were erected still earlier ...
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the last century , carted away an entire tope , or sacred tower , from the same vast store - house , with which he built Jagat Ganj , a ward or district in the suburbs of the city . The chief reason why Benares has been thus neglected ...
the last century , carted away an entire tope , or sacred tower , from the same vast store - house , with which he built Jagat Ganj , a ward or district in the suburbs of the city . The chief reason why Benares has been thus neglected ...
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... era of the Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the third or fourth century A.D. There are several ancient edifices in Benares , which , if not original , are certainly to a large extent built of old materials .
... era of the Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the third or fourth century A.D. There are several ancient edifices in Benares , which , if not original , are certainly to a large extent built of old materials .
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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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