The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... erected by Raja Jay Sinh . - Description of its Instruments .-— The Nepalese Temple • 116 • 123 129 CHAPTER XI . Daśáśamedh Ghát and Temple . - Legend of Daśáśamedh.- Siddheswari Temple . - Chandra Kúp , or Well of the Moon.- Temple of ...
... erected by Raja Jay Sinh . - Description of its Instruments .-— The Nepalese Temple • 116 • 123 129 CHAPTER XI . Daśáśamedh Ghát and Temple . - Legend of Daśáśamedh.- Siddheswari Temple . - Chandra Kúp , or Well of the Moon.- Temple of ...
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... erect , proud , self - conscious , he walks along with the air of a man unlike any I have ever seen , in which self- sufficiency , a sense of superiority , and the conviction of inherent purity and sanctity are combined . He needs not ...
... erect , proud , self - conscious , he walks along with the air of a man unlike any I have ever seen , in which self- sufficiency , a sense of superiority , and the conviction of inherent purity and sanctity are combined . He needs not ...
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... erected by Feroze Shah in his palace , as a monument of his victory over the Hindus . Three more are standing near the river Gunduck in Tirhoot ; and one has been placed on a pedestal in the fort of Allahabad . A fragment of another was ...
... erected by Feroze Shah in his palace , as a monument of his victory over the Hindus . Three more are standing near the river Gunduck in Tirhoot ; and one has been placed on a pedestal in the fort of Allahabad . A fragment of another was ...
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... erected still earlier and even these were preceded by wooden buildings . If this be correct , why should not at least the same antiquity be conceded to Indian sculptures subsequent to the wooden period ? Is it at all likely that the ...
... erected still earlier and even these were preceded by wooden buildings . If this be correct , why should not at least the same antiquity be conceded to Indian sculptures subsequent to the wooden period ? Is it at all likely that the ...
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... erected in Egypt , and of the splendid palaces , and stairs , and pillars , and other edifices , with which the Assyrian monarchs adorned their cities . They were not lacking in genius , or in the desire for knowledge ; on the contrary ...
... erected in Egypt , and of the splendid palaces , and stairs , and pillars , and other edifices , with which the Assyrian monarchs adorned their cities . They were not lacking in genius , or in the desire for knowledge ; on the contrary ...
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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