The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... objects of interest1 to the contemplation of the devout Hindu ; and yet , a very few of them excepted , to speculate touching their age , in reliance on the data hitherto made available , would be much too perilous for pru- dence . 1 ...
... objects of interest1 to the contemplation of the devout Hindu ; and yet , a very few of them excepted , to speculate touching their age , in reliance on the data hitherto made available , would be much too perilous for pru- dence . 1 ...
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... objects were made of perishable material . The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion . Now , to say the least , it is exceedingly premature to ...
... objects were made of perishable material . The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion . Now , to say the least , it is exceedingly premature to ...
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... object was suited to their own purposes , and , without scruple or any of the tenderness shown by the present rulers , seized upon it for themselves . And thus it has come to pass , that every solid and durable struc- ture , and every ...
... object was suited to their own purposes , and , without scruple or any of the tenderness shown by the present rulers , seized upon it for themselves . And thus it has come to pass , that every solid and durable struc- ture , and every ...
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... objects . Some of them are wild parodies on the animal kingdom , representing imaginary creatures made up in a variety of ways . There is no city in India in which the reverence paid to images is more absolute and complete than in ...
... objects . Some of them are wild parodies on the animal kingdom , representing imaginary creatures made up in a variety of ways . There is no city in India in which the reverence paid to images is more absolute and complete than in ...
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... the third is the gilded tower of the temple of Bisheswar itself . These three objects are all in a row , in the centre of the quadrangle , filling up most of the space from one side to the 50 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... the third is the gilded tower of the temple of Bisheswar itself . These three objects are all in a row , in the centre of the quadrangle , filling up most of the space from one side to the 50 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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