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Page xxiv
The kingdom of the Kāśis , and its rulers , as is evinced by the frequency of
reference to them , enjoyed , from distant ages , more or less of notoriety ; and
this is , substantially , all that the Hindu memorials teach us . The Purāņas specify
but ...
The kingdom of the Kāśis , and its rulers , as is evinced by the frequency of
reference to them , enjoyed , from distant ages , more or less of notoriety ; and
this is , substantially , all that the Hindu memorials teach us . The Purāņas specify
but ...
Page xxxiii
... warrant the practitioner from liability to further metempsychosis ; another , to
secure the attainment of Rudrahood ; a third , to ensure emancipation before
death . These for samples . Saints whose aspirations are less ambitious are
promised ...
... warrant the practitioner from liability to further metempsychosis ; another , to
secure the attainment of Rudrahood ; a third , to ensure emancipation before
death . These for samples . Saints whose aspirations are less ambitious are
promised ...
Page xxxv
The Muhammadan names of Delhi , Agra , and Patna are of everyday use . Less
familiar are Jahangirābād , Mustafa'ābād , Islāmābād , and Mūminābād , for
Dacca , Rampoor , Chittagong , and Brindabun . 3 Captain Orlich , in the tenth
letter ...
The Muhammadan names of Delhi , Agra , and Patna are of everyday use . Less
familiar are Jahangirābād , Mustafa'ābād , Islāmābād , and Mūminābād , for
Dacca , Rampoor , Chittagong , and Brindabun . 3 Captain Orlich , in the tenth
letter ...
Page 9
The Government census gives less than two hundred thousand ; but this is too
low an estimate . The number of pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is
very large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps ...
The Government census gives less than two hundred thousand ; but this is too
low an estimate . The number of pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is
very large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps ...
Page 10
The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants ,
and not less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended
from these swarming haunts to the bathing - places along the Ganges , were ...
The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants ,
and not less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended
from these swarming haunts to the bathing - places along the Ganges , were ...
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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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