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Monolith in the College Grounds . — The Normal School . — The Church of
England Mission . — The London Society's Mission . — The Baptist Society's
Mission . - Native Schools of various classes . The Benares Institute . — Public
Buildings ...
Monolith in the College Grounds . — The Normal School . — The Church of
England Mission . — The London Society's Mission . — The Baptist Society's
Mission . - Native Schools of various classes . The Benares Institute . — Public
Buildings ...
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One of them is son of Badhryaswa , as in the Rigveda ; but it is the other , the son
of Bhimaratha , and father of Pratardana , that is called king of the Kâśis . It may
be added , that there is no ground for considering Badhryaswa and Bhimaratha ...
One of them is son of Badhryaswa , as in the Rigveda ; but it is the other , the son
of Bhimaratha , and father of Pratardana , that is called king of the Kâśis . It may
be added , that there is no ground for considering Badhryaswa and Bhimaratha ...
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The Brahmadatta who figures so largely , in their sacred writings , as king of
Benares ! very likely was not a mythe ; ' but there is no ground for crediting that
Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to
have ...
The Brahmadatta who figures so largely , in their sacred writings , as king of
Benares ! very likely was not a mythe ; ' but there is no ground for crediting that
Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to
have ...
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was but natural for their founder , in the course of his mission , to take thought of
the centres of population ; and the spots which he and his disciples signalized by
their teachings were reverently regarded , in after ages , as consecrated ground ...
was but natural for their founder , in the course of his mission , to take thought of
the centres of population ; and the spots which he and his disciples signalized by
their teachings were reverently regarded , in after ages , as consecrated ground ...
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There is no ground for believing that Benares , in comparison of what we now
see it , with its thousand temples , ' and their concomitants of holy harpies and
willing victims , can ever have boasted a larger population , a prestige of greater
...
There is no ground for believing that Benares , in comparison of what we now
see it , with its thousand temples , ' and their concomitants of holy harpies and
willing victims , can ever have boasted a larger population , a prestige of greater
...
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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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