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Page xvii
The form qarth was the work , perhaps , of the Muhammadans . It should appear that the metathesis of r and ņ , in the original word , must be later than the times of Fă Hian and Hiouen Thsang .
The form qarth was the work , perhaps , of the Muhammadans . It should appear that the metathesis of r and ņ , in the original word , must be later than the times of Fă Hian and Hiouen Thsang .
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To Kâśa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries , succeeded Divodâsa , in whose reign Buddhism seems to have been still acting on the aggressive . In this synchronism there is no discernible improbability ; and , with some likelihood ...
To Kâśa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries , succeeded Divodâsa , in whose reign Buddhism seems to have been still acting on the aggressive . In this synchronism there is no discernible improbability ; and , with some likelihood ...
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Perhaps it is not strange that M. Julien , in drawing up his suicidal Méthode , and even earlier , chose to shut his eyes to this presumption . Vide supra , p . xxvii . , note 2 . • With M. Julien's method , mathematical certainty seems ...
Perhaps it is not strange that M. Julien , in drawing up his suicidal Méthode , and even earlier , chose to shut his eyes to this presumption . Vide supra , p . xxvii . , note 2 . • With M. Julien's method , mathematical certainty seems ...
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The Sankara - digvijaya of Mâdhava — which professes to abridge an older work , but which , perhaps , has no better basis , for the most part , than oral tradition , eked out by romance , -bears witness , it is true , to a ferocious ...
The Sankara - digvijaya of Mâdhava — which professes to abridge an older work , but which , perhaps , has no better basis , for the most part , than oral tradition , eked out by romance , -bears witness , it is true , to a ferocious ...
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In so recent a composition , and one having to do with real localities , there must , almost of necessity , be many facts interwoven with the fictions : the attempt to discriminate them would , perhaps , be remunerated .
In so recent a composition , and one having to do with real localities , there must , almost of necessity , be many facts interwoven with the fictions : the attempt to discriminate them would , perhaps , be remunerated .
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already ancient antiquity appearance banks base bathe believe Benares body Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building built called capitals carved century character Christian considerable contains deities described distance divine edifice enclosure entire erected existence extent face feet figure five former formerly four Ganges Ghát give goddess gods Government ground hands head height held Hindu honour hundred idols images inches India interest king latter leading less Mahadeva Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque native object observed offerings once original pass perhaps period persons pilgrims pillars portion position present probably Raja reason received referred regarded religion religious remains remarkable representing residence respecting river road ruins sacred seen shrine side situated Siva square stands statue stone supposed tank temple thousand tower various wall whole worship
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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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