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Temple of Jágeswar , a Resort of the Native Aristocracy of Benares .--- Kási - Deví , Goddess of the City of Benares . - Karnghaņța Táláo or Tank.— Temple of the Demon Bhút - Bhairo.Temple of Bará Gaņeś . - Jagannath .
Temple of Jágeswar , a Resort of the Native Aristocracy of Benares .--- Kási - Deví , Goddess of the City of Benares . - Karnghaņța Táláo or Tank.— Temple of the Demon Bhút - Bhairo.Temple of Bará Gaņeś . - Jagannath .
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Source of the great wealth of Benares — Its chief Articles of Commerce - Its Native Bankers - Its Poor - Increased desire for Education . — The Government or Queen's College . - Monolith in the College Grounds . — The Normal School .
Source of the great wealth of Benares — Its chief Articles of Commerce - Its Native Bankers - Its Poor - Increased desire for Education . — The Government or Queen's College . - Monolith in the College Grounds . — The Normal School .
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Changes visible in native society . — The Brahmo Samáj . - Diminished study of Sanskrit . -Diminished faith in Idolatry in ... Literary and Religious Societies amongst the natives . — The Benares Institute - Nature of its discussions .
Changes visible in native society . — The Brahmo Samáj . - Diminished study of Sanskrit . -Diminished faith in Idolatry in ... Literary and Religious Societies amongst the natives . — The Benares Institute - Nature of its discussions .
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The larger of them is called , by the natives , Dhamekh , - a corruption , in all likelihood , of an old word involving dharma as its first factor . On the word of M. Stanislas Julien , Hiouen Thsang locates a monument au nord - est de ...
The larger of them is called , by the natives , Dhamekh , - a corruption , in all likelihood , of an old word involving dharma as its first factor . On the word of M. Stanislas Julien , Hiouen Thsang locates a monument au nord - est de ...
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... the holy writ of an antagonist creed ; and the fact of a persecution of the Buddhists cannot , accordingly , be deduced from the fact that their books are now but very rarely met with in the possession of natives of India .
... the holy writ of an antagonist creed ; and the fact of a persecution of the Buddhists cannot , accordingly , be deduced from the fact that their books are now but very rarely met with in the possession of natives of India .
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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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