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Carved Stones and Ancient Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist Temple . -
Remains of larger Temple . — Traces of Buddhist Monastery 271 CHAPTER XX .
Further Account of Ancient Remains recently discovered in Benares and its
vicinity .
Carved Stones and Ancient Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist Temple . -
Remains of larger Temple . — Traces of Buddhist Monastery 271 CHAPTER XX .
Further Account of Ancient Remains recently discovered in Benares and its
vicinity .
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145 GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE
BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . .240 . No. II . 241 . > ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE
AT BAKARÍTÁ KUND 283 . ERRATA . Page 68. — For Purņas'ubhakaran , read ...
145 GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE
BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . .240 . No. II . 241 . > ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE
AT BAKARÍTÁ KUND 283 . ERRATA . Page 68. — For Purņas'ubhakaran , read ...
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... large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps
more , while the population of the surrounding villages is exceedingly dense .
and balconies , and carved oriels , to which the BENARES , PAST AND
PRESENT . 9.
... large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps
more , while the population of the surrounding villages is exceedingly dense .
and balconies , and carved oriels , to which the BENARES , PAST AND
PRESENT . 9.
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and balconies , and carved oriels , to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds .
The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants ,
and not less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended ...
and balconies , and carved oriels , to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds .
The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants ,
and not less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended ...
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after they must have known them to have been abandoned in other countries ,
and to have given place to vast edifices of wood and stone combined , covered
with carvings and sculptures . We arrive , therefore , at this conclusion , that , as ...
after they must have known them to have been abandoned in other countries ,
and to have given place to vast edifices of wood and stone combined , covered
with carvings and sculptures . We arrive , therefore , at this conclusion , that , as ...
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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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