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Page 100
There is , also , an image looking like a huge club , which is not honoured with a
residence , but stands apart from all the shrines . It is made of stone , and is three
feet high above its base , and ten inches or a foot in thickness . Its name is Kot ...
There is , also , an image looking like a huge club , which is not honoured with a
residence , but stands apart from all the shrines . It is made of stone , and is three
feet high above its base , and ten inches or a foot in thickness . Its name is Kot ...
Page 136
One extremity is six feet four and a quarter inches high , and the other , twenty -
two feet three and a half inches , sloping gradually upwards , so as to point
directly to the north pole . By the aid of this instrument , the distance . 2 S at 1 ne
he nd ...
One extremity is six feet four and a quarter inches high , and the other , twenty -
two feet three and a half inches , sloping gradually upwards , so as to point
directly to the north pole . By the aid of this instrument , the distance . 2 S at 1 ne
he nd ...
Page 137
It consists of a pillar four feet two inches high , and three feet seven and a half
inches thick , surrounded by a wall of exactly its own height , at a distance of
seven feet three and a quarter inches , which is again surrounded by another
wall ...
It consists of a pillar four feet two inches high , and three feet seven and a half
inches thick , surrounded by a wall of exactly its own height , at a distance of
seven feet three and a quarter inches , which is again surrounded by another
wall ...
Page 175
... or an inch beyond its precincts is devoid of any special virtue , every inch of soil
within the boundary is , in the Hindu's imagination , hallowed . It would seem , too
, that every object , animate and inanimate , existing within the enclosed space ...
... or an inch beyond its precincts is devoid of any special virtue , every inch of soil
within the boundary is , in the Hindu's imagination , hallowed . It would seem , too
, that every object , animate and inanimate , existing within the enclosed space ...
Page 240
... and very beautiful . Below the ornamental borders there are three plain
projecting bands . “ The breadth of one projecting face and of one recess is thirty
- six feet six inches , which , multiplied by eight , give two hundred and ninety -
two feet.
... and very beautiful . Below the ornamental borders there are three plain
projecting bands . “ The breadth of one projecting face and of one recess is thirty
- six feet six inches , which , multiplied by eight , give two hundred and ninety -
two feet.
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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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