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Extent and Nature of the Remains.- The Great Tower : Description of it by
MajorGeneral Cunningham , and account of his Excavations . — Age of Buddhist
Topes or Towers . — Remains of a Buddhist Monastery - Mr . Thomas's Account
of them ...
Extent and Nature of the Remains.- The Great Tower : Description of it by
MajorGeneral Cunningham , and account of his Excavations . — Age of Buddhist
Topes or Towers . — Remains of a Buddhist Monastery - Mr . Thomas's Account
of them ...
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Deriving its origin from some city , as Pratishthâna , ' or Vârâņasî , ” it must have
acquired extent and consideration by very gradual development . At least since a
hundred and twenty years before our era , Vârâņasî , as denoting a city , has ...
Deriving its origin from some city , as Pratishthâna , ' or Vârâņasî , ” it must have
acquired extent and consideration by very gradual development . At least since a
hundred and twenty years before our era , Vârâņasî , as denoting a city , has ...
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... relevant details , scant , but interesting as far as they go , are derivable from the
itinerary of Hiouen Thsang , a Buddhist pilgrim from China , who visited may be ,
to a large extent , equally products of ignorant mistake and misrepresentation .
... relevant details , scant , but interesting as far as they go , are derivable from the
itinerary of Hiouen Thsang , a Buddhist pilgrim from China , who visited may be ,
to a large extent , equally products of ignorant mistake and misrepresentation .
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As to the extent of the city , " the measured length along the banks of the river , by
survey , is barely three miles ; and the average depth does not exceed one mile .
” Benares Illustrated , p . 12. Hiouen Thsang found Benares , in the seventh ...
As to the extent of the city , " the measured length along the banks of the river , by
survey , is barely three miles ; and the average depth does not exceed one mile .
” Benares Illustrated , p . 12. Hiouen Thsang found Benares , in the seventh ...
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... extent of their investigations . One would have imagined that they who were
exact in one subject would be exact in another ; and that , having acquired the
habit of calmly noting points of agreement and difference , and of rigidly adhering
to ...
... extent of their investigations . One would have imagined that they who were
exact in one subject would be exact in another ; and that , having acquired the
habit of calmly noting points of agreement and difference , and of rigidly adhering
to ...
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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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