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Having resided in it for several years , I have enjoyed peculiarly favourable opportunities for becoming acquainted with its inner life 1 and character . The task I have set myself is Preface.
Having resided in it for several years , I have enjoyed peculiarly favourable opportunities for becoming acquainted with its inner life 1 and character . The task I have set myself is Preface.
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and character . The task I have set myself is not that of discussing the religious systems existing there , — which would be an unnecessary undertaking , it having been so frequently accomplished by abler hands , —but of giving a ...
and character . The task I have set myself is not that of discussing the religious systems existing there , — which would be an unnecessary undertaking , it having been so frequently accomplished by abler hands , —but of giving a ...
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Mythic character of Indian history . — Ancient Buddhist records respecting Benares . — Sákya Muni , or Buddha , preached the doctrine of Buddhism first in Benares .-— Antiquity of Benares . - Hiouen Thsang's account of his visit to the ...
Mythic character of Indian history . — Ancient Buddhist records respecting Benares . — Sákya Muni , or Buddha , preached the doctrine of Buddhism first in Benares .-— Antiquity of Benares . - Hiouen Thsang's account of his visit to the ...
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Old Images . — Temples of Bágeswari , Jwarahareswar , and Siddheswar 82 CHAPTER VI . Benares , Káśí , and Kedár , the three Grand Divisions of the city . - No old Hindu Temples in Benares . - Puranic character of the Káśí Division of ...
Old Images . — Temples of Bágeswari , Jwarahareswar , and Siddheswar 82 CHAPTER VI . Benares , Káśí , and Kedár , the three Grand Divisions of the city . - No old Hindu Temples in Benares . - Puranic character of the Káśí Division of ...
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Not only was the character of their religion pacific , but at no time during their presence in India ' were they , albeit in the ascendant , beyond doubt a majority of the people . It | How the Buddhists came to leave India has not yet ...
Not only was the character of their religion pacific , but at no time during their presence in India ' were they , albeit in the ascendant , beyond doubt a majority of the people . It | How the Buddhists came to leave India has not yet ...
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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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