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Page vi
... civilization , 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 retain that ...
... civilization , 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 retain that ...
Page xvii
At least since a hundred and twenty years before our era , Vârâņasî , as denoting
a city , has been a name 1 Vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . * Also called Varâņasî
and Varanasî , according to the Haima - kośa and the Sabdaratnávali ...
At least since a hundred and twenty years before our era , Vârâņasî , as denoting
a city , has been a name 1 Vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . * Also called Varâņasî
and Varanasî , according to the Haima - kośa and the Sabdaratnávali ...
Page xviii
General Cunningham states that Raja Banâr is traditionally believed to have
rebuilt Benares about eight hundred years ago . Journal of the Asiatic Society of
Bengal , for 1863 , Supplementary Number , p . xcvi . Vârâņasî is specified more
than ...
General Cunningham states that Raja Banâr is traditionally believed to have
rebuilt Benares about eight hundred years ago . Journal of the Asiatic Society of
Bengal , for 1863 , Supplementary Number , p . xcvi . Vârâņasî is specified more
than ...
Page xxvii
Their temples amounted to a hundred , which gave lodgement to about ten
thousand devotees.3 The Buddhists , who 1 " About four thousand lis . ” On the
length of the li , consult Father Vivien de Saint - Martin , in Mémoires , etc. , Vol . II
. , pp .
Their temples amounted to a hundred , which gave lodgement to about ten
thousand devotees.3 The Buddhists , who 1 " About four thousand lis . ” On the
length of the li , consult Father Vivien de Saint - Martin , in Mémoires , etc. , Vol . II
. , pp .
Page xxviii
In the capital were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred
feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the
pilgrim's fellowreligionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious inference is , that ...
In the capital were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred
feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the
pilgrim's fellowreligionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious inference is , that ...
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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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