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The Observatory, built by Manasii'fiha4 about A.D. 1600, is, it may be, the only
noteworthy Hindu edifice of the city, still entire, of so great antiquity. For nearly all.
1 Fiscally, too, it had come, in the days of Akbar, to be of very secondary note.
The Observatory, built by Manasii'fiha4 about A.D. 1600, is, it may be, the only
noteworthy Hindu edifice of the city, still entire, of so great antiquity. For nearly all.
1 Fiscally, too, it had come, in the days of Akbar, to be of very secondary note.
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... itself over Northern India. 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, ...
... itself over Northern India. 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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... in India were as recent as the third century before Christ; or, if there were any
before that date, that they have all been destroyed. Of the ancient Assyrian
palaces discovered by Layard, those most elaborately sculptured were built
about no.
... in India were as recent as the third century before Christ; or, if there were any
before that date, that they have all been destroyed. Of the ancient Assyrian
palaces discovered by Layard, those most elaborately sculptured were built
about no.
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the last century, carted away an entire tape, 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 is, in my
judgment ...
the last century, carted away an entire tape, 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 is, in my
judgment ...
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... was erected about the era of the Gupta dynasty, or perhaps from the first or
second to the third or fourth century AD There are several ancient edifices in
Benares, which, if not original, are certainly to a large extent built of old materials.
... was erected about the era of the Gupta dynasty, or perhaps from the first or
second to the third or fourth century AD 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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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