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Page vi
... and , above all , Christianity , are now exerting upon the city . As Benares has held a foremost place in the history of India for two thousand five hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is , destined to ...
... and , above all , Christianity , are now exerting upon the city . As Benares has held a foremost place in the history of India for two thousand five hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is , destined to ...
Page xii
Hindu and Mohammedan Melás or Religious Festivals , held periodically , in Benares 213 CHAPTER XVIII . The Buddhist Ruins at Sárnáth - Their Antiquity . - Summary of the Narratives of Fa Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings ...
Hindu and Mohammedan Melás or Religious Festivals , held periodically , in Benares 213 CHAPTER XVIII . The Buddhist Ruins at Sárnáth - Their Antiquity . - Summary of the Narratives of Fa Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings ...
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... held , by him , to be identical with the ' EPÉVVEOIS of Arrian . More than this , M. Julien , in one of his Indexes , writes “ Vârâņaçi , rivière , aujourd'hui Barna , l'Erinésès des Grecs ; ” and the violence which Father Vivien de ...
... held , by him , to be identical with the ' EPÉVVEOIS of Arrian . More than this , M. Julien , in one of his Indexes , writes “ Vârâņaçi , rivière , aujourd'hui Barna , l'Erinésès des Grecs ; ” and the violence which Father Vivien de ...
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... place held so sacred by the Hindus , and around which their closest sympathies are gathered , is a constant source of heart - burnings and feuds both to Hindus and Mohammedans . The former , while unwillingly allowing the latter to ...
... place held so sacred by the Hindus , and around which their closest sympathies are gathered , is a constant source of heart - burnings and feuds both to Hindus and Mohammedans . The former , while unwillingly allowing the latter to ...
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Of all places of pilgrimage throughout Hindostan , this well is held , by many , to be the most , or amongst the most , efficacious for bestowing salvation . Yet the story connected with its origin is wild enough BENARES , PAST AND ...
Of all places of pilgrimage throughout Hindostan , this well is held , by many , to be the most , or amongst the most , efficacious for bestowing salvation . Yet the story connected with its origin is wild enough BENARES , PAST AND ...
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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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