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... 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 xvii
At least since a hundred and twenty years before our era , Vārāņasī , as denoting a city , has been a name 1 1 Vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . ? Also called Varāņasī and Varaņasī , according to the Haima - kośa and the Sabdaratnįvali ...
At least since a hundred and twenty years before our era , Vārāņasī , as denoting a city , has been a name 1 1 Vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . ? Also called Varāņasī and Varaņasī , according to the Haima - kośa and the Sabdaratnįvali ...
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General Cunningham states that Raja Banār 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 .
General Cunningham states that Raja Banār 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 .
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At that date , as he informs us , the kingdom of Vārāņasī had a circuit of eight hundred miles , ' while its capital measured nearly four miles by somewhat more than one . The inhabitants of the kingdom were , for the most part , Hindus ...
At that date , as he informs us , the kingdom of Vārāņasī had a circuit of eight hundred miles , ' while its capital measured nearly four miles by somewhat more than one . The inhabitants of the kingdom were , for the most part , Hindus ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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