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Page ix
Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . - Did the
Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains
found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city .-Mohammedan lust for Hindu
edifices .
Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . - Did the
Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains
found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city .-Mohammedan lust for Hindu
edifices .
Page xxviii
We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's
fellowreligionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious inference is , that there
were none , or none worth commemorating . On the monasteries , towers , and
reservoirs ...
We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's
fellowreligionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious inference is , that there
were none , or none worth commemorating . On the monasteries , towers , and
reservoirs ...
Page xxxv
The Observatory , built by Mânasimha 4 about A.D. 1600 , is , it may be , the only
noteworthy Hindu edifice of the 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 .
The Observatory , built by Mânasimha 4 about A.D. 1600 , is , it may be , the only
noteworthy Hindu edifice of the 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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Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . — Did the
Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? Ancient remains found
chiefly in the northern quarter of the city . – Mohammedan lust for Hindu ...
Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . — Did the
Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? Ancient remains found
chiefly in the northern quarter of the city . – Mohammedan lust for Hindu ...
Page 20
The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a
powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion . Now , to say the least , it is
exceedingly premature to hazard such an opinion founded on such a basis ...
The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a
powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion . Now , to say the least , it is
exceedingly premature to hazard such an opinion founded on such a basis ...
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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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