The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... 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 retain that position in the new era of en- lightenment which has already dawned upon the land ...
... 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 retain that position in the new era of en- lightenment which has already dawned upon the land ...
Page xii
... held periodically , in Benares • . . 213 CHAPTER XVIII . The Buddhist Ruins at Sárnáth - Their Antiquity . - Sum- mary of the Narratives of Fa Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings formerly existing at Sárnáth and in its ...
... held periodically , in Benares • . . 213 CHAPTER XVIII . The Buddhist Ruins at Sárnáth - Their Antiquity . - Sum- mary of the Narratives of Fa Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings formerly existing at Sárnáth and in its ...
Page xxix
... held , by him , to be identical with the ' Epévveσis of Arrian . More than this , M. Julien , in one of his Indexes , writes " Vârâṇaçi , rivičre , aujourd'hui Barna , l'Erinésčs des Grecs ; " and the violence which Father Vivien de ...
... held , by him , to be identical with the ' Epévveσis of Arrian . More than this , M. Julien , in one of his Indexes , writes " Vârâṇaçi , rivičre , aujourd'hui Barna , l'Erinésčs des Grecs ; " and the violence which Father Vivien de ...
Page 52
... 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 retain the ...
... 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 retain the ...
Page 67
... 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 PRESENT . 67.
... 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 PRESENT . 67.
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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