The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... of Modern Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of 1 19 Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque . - The Well.
... of Modern Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of 1 19 Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque . - The Well.
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... Idols . — Máneswar Temple . - The great Image of Tilubhanḍeswar.- Ancient mutilated Statue . - Temple of Duláreswar . - Peepul tree at Chaukí Ghát . - Swinging gods CHAPTER XIII . • Durga Kund Temple . - Bloody Sacrifices ; their ...
... Idols . — Máneswar Temple . - The great Image of Tilubhanḍeswar.- Ancient mutilated Statue . - Temple of Duláreswar . - Peepul tree at Chaukí Ghát . - Swinging gods CHAPTER XIII . • Durga Kund Temple . - Bloody Sacrifices ; their ...
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... idols in above a thousand temples , he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God . " Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta , Vol . I. , p . 179 . many centuries , is well - nigh a blank . xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
... idols in above a thousand temples , he purified and consecrated the latter to the worship of the true God . " Colonel Briggs's translation from Farishta , Vol . I. , p . 179 . many centuries , is well - nigh a blank . xxxiv INTRODUCTION .
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... idols , her swarms of pilgrims , her hosts of daily worshippers , together with the pomp and cir- cumstance and ... idol- atry , he would imagine that the city was wholly devoted to the practice and ceremonies of heathenism , that no ray ...
... idols , her swarms of pilgrims , her hosts of daily worshippers , together with the pomp and cir- cumstance and ... idol- atry , he would imagine that the city was wholly devoted to the practice and ceremonies of heathenism , that no ray ...
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... idols or temples ; or , if with them , those objects were made of perishable material . The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion . Now , to say ...
... idols or temples ; or , if with them , those objects were made of perishable material . The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion . Now , to say ...
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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