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Page xvii
ALIKE as to limits and as to influence , the Indian kingdoms of former times were ,
with few exceptions , inconsiderable ; such of them as lay conterminous were
often at open feud ; and their cities , or fortified towns , constituted , in fact , their ...
ALIKE as to limits and as to influence , the Indian kingdoms of former times were ,
with few exceptions , inconsiderable ; such of them as lay conterminous were
often at open feud ; and their cities , or fortified towns , constituted , in fact , their ...
Page xxiii
As to the former , we find , indeed , in post - vaidik books , two Divodâsas ; into
whom a single personage seems to have been parted . One of them is son of
Badhryaswa , as in the Rigveda ; but it is the other , the son of Bhimaratha , and
father ...
As to the former , we find , indeed , in post - vaidik books , two Divodâsas ; into
whom a single personage seems to have been parted . One of them is son of
Badhryaswa , as in the Rigveda ; but it is the other , the son of Bhimaratha , and
father ...
Page xxvii
For Hiouen Thsang makes Benares a large kingdom , and one in which the
Hindus much outnumbered the Buddhists ; and there must , then , have been
many times ten thousand of the former . are stated to have been much in the
minority ...
For Hiouen Thsang makes Benares a large kingdom , and one in which the
Hindus much outnumbered the Buddhists ; and there must , then , have been
many times ten thousand of the former . are stated to have been much in the
minority ...
Page xxxii
... of the copious inanity of the Kasikhanda might lead to the discovery of its era ,
and It is very true , that , all the way between Benares and the towers at Sârnâth ,
the fields are thickly strewed with bricks and other remains of former buildings .
... of the copious inanity of the Kasikhanda might lead to the discovery of its era ,
and It is very true , that , all the way between Benares and the towers at Sârnâth ,
the fields are thickly strewed with bricks and other remains of former buildings .
Page xxxvi
For nearly all that is striking in its architectural embellishment , Benares is
beholden to the Marathas ; and to the zeal and enterprise of the same energetic
race the resuscitation , in the decline of Hinduism , of much of its former influence
is , in ...
For nearly all that is striking in its architectural embellishment , Benares is
beholden to the Marathas ; and to the zeal and enterprise of the same energetic
race the resuscitation , in the decline of Hinduism , of much of its former influence
is , in ...
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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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