The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xxxv
... edifice of the 4 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 . 28 . 2 I have met with this substitute for Benares in an Urdű book written within ...
... edifice of the 4 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 . 28 . 2 I have met with this substitute for Benares in an Urdű book written within ...
Page 65
... edifice which was thrown down to make room for the new one . Outside the quadrangle , on the south side , is a shrine remarkable for the evident antiquity of some of the idols in it . One of these is a figure of Bhaironáth himself , now ...
... edifice which was thrown down to make room for the new one . Outside the quadrangle , on the south side , is a shrine remarkable for the evident antiquity of some of the idols in it . One of these is a figure of Bhaironáth himself , now ...
Page 74
... edifice , we are met by a red figure of Mahábír , the monkey - god , standing within a shrine at the corner of a court into which the passage leads . Close by , to the right , is a small temple dedicated to the goddess Kálí , a small ...
... edifice , we are met by a red figure of Mahábír , the monkey - god , standing within a shrine at the corner of a court into which the passage leads . Close by , to the right , is a small temple dedicated to the goddess Kálí , a small ...
Page 80
... edifice . Its name is Alpmriteswar , from the god to whom it is dedicated , who , it is reported , is endowed with the miraculous power of prolonging the lives of persons apparently in act to die . The fame of this shrine is ...
... edifice . Its name is Alpmriteswar , from the god to whom it is dedicated , who , it is reported , is endowed with the miraculous power of prolonging the lives of persons apparently in act to die . The fame of this shrine is ...
Page 104
... edifice , without ornament or embellishment , and is , evidently , not much visited , except by pilgrims , and on festival days . The other is the temple of Ad - Mahá- deva , at the entrance of which is a tiny shrine , faced with an ...
... edifice , without ornament or embellishment , and is , evidently , not much visited , except by pilgrims , and on festival days . The other is the temple of Ad - Mahá- deva , at the entrance of which is a tiny shrine , faced with an ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Bodhi Brahmans bricks Buddha Buddhist building built capitals carved centre chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deer deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence extent feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess ground held Hian Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laď the Tathágata Káśí king large number Mahadeva Mahalla medan Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque mound native neighbourhood niches northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable river road ruins sacred Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured shrine side Siva spot square stands statue stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship