The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... neighbourhood . - Points of agreement in the Narratives.- Modern Explorers of the Ruins . - Extent and Nature of the Remains . The Great Tower : Description of it by Major- General Cunningham , and account of his Excavations . - Age of ...
... neighbourhood . - Points of agreement in the Narratives.- Modern Explorers of the Ruins . - Extent and Nature of the Remains . The Great Tower : Description of it by Major- General Cunningham , and account of his Excavations . - Age of ...
Page xxxii
... neighbourhood of cities , -as Gayâ , Mathurâ , Ayo- dhyâ , and Benares , rather than in the cities them- selves ; and it was not till after Buddhism had passed its prime on Indian soil , that these towns acquired the special repute ...
... neighbourhood of cities , -as Gayâ , Mathurâ , Ayo- dhyâ , and Benares , rather than in the cities them- selves ; and it was not till after Buddhism had passed its prime on Indian soil , that these towns acquired the special repute ...
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... neighbourhood of Gayá , travelled to Benares , and proceeded to the ĺsipattana Vihára , or monastery , now known as Sárnáth . This may have been in the sixth cen- tury B.C. Here he announced the change which had come upon him , and the ...
... neighbourhood of Gayá , travelled to Benares , and proceeded to the ĺsipattana Vihára , or monastery , now known as Sárnáth . This may have been in the sixth cen- tury B.C. Here he announced the change which had come upon him , and the ...
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... neighbourhood of Tiliyá Nálá , with the elaborately ornamented columns of the mosque in the Ráj Ghát Fort , we are at once struck with the contrast , and at the extraordinary de- velopment which the style - the same fundamentally in ...
... neighbourhood of Tiliyá Nálá , with the elaborately ornamented columns of the mosque in the Ráj Ghát Fort , we are at once struck with the contrast , and at the extraordinary de- velopment which the style - the same fundamentally in ...
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... neighbourhood will be given in detail . It is worthy of notice , as illustrating the nature of Mohammedan rule in India , that nearly all the buildings in Benares , of acknowledged antiquity , have been appro- priated by the Musulmans ...
... neighbourhood will be given in detail . It is worthy of notice , as illustrating the nature of Mohammedan rule in India , that nearly all the buildings in Benares , of acknowledged antiquity , have been appro- priated by the Musulmans ...
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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-laï 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