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Her early conditionher connexion with ancient Buddhism—her architectural
remains—her famous temples, holy wells and tanks, and numerous ghats or
stairs leading down to the Gangesthe legends concerning them—the peculiar
customs at ...
Her early conditionher connexion with ancient Buddhism—her architectural
remains—her famous temples, holy wells and tanks, and numerous ghats or
stairs leading down to the Gangesthe legends concerning them—the peculiar
customs at ...
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This wonderful personage, considering that some of the leading dogmas which
he expounded were borrowed from Hinduism, and had been advocated and set
forth by various-teachers previously to his time, cleverly availed himself of the ...
This wonderful personage, considering that some of the leading dogmas which
he expounded were borrowed from Hinduism, and had been advocated and set
forth by various-teachers previously to his time, cleverly availed himself of the ...
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If any person will take the trouble to ride through the city from north to south, and
then all along its extensive suburbs, from the ancient fort at the junction of the
Barna and the Ganges, down the road leading towards the cantonmeuts, thence
32 ...
If any person will take the trouble to ride through the city from north to south, and
then all along its extensive suburbs, from the ancient fort at the junction of the
Barna and the Ganges, down the road leading towards the cantonmeuts, thence
32 ...
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the Ganges, down the road leading towards the cantonmeuts, thence making a
detour as far as Durga-kund until he again reaches the Ganges, he will at once
be convinced that the aspects of the city differ greatly from one another. He will
be ...
the Ganges, down the road leading towards the cantonmeuts, thence making a
detour as far as Durga-kund until he again reaches the Ganges, he will at once
be convinced that the aspects of the city differ greatly from one another. He will
be ...
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Kasi Karwat, a sacred well of some repute, is situated a short distance to the east
of Ad-Bisheswar. Besides the vertical opening, there is a passage leading down
to the water, which formerly was traversed daily by religious Hindus desirous of ...
Kasi Karwat, a sacred well of some repute, is situated a short distance to the east
of Ad-Bisheswar. Besides the vertical opening, there is a passage leading down
to the water, which formerly was traversed daily by religious Hindus desirous of ...
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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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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