The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... period , not of a rude character . Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city . Mohammedan lust for Hindu edifices . - Shifting tendency of the ...
... period , not of a rude character . Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city . Mohammedan lust for Hindu edifices . - Shifting tendency of the ...
Page xxx
... period of the Buddhists . So far as we know , these sectaries , unlike the Muhammadans , never assumed an attitude of implied acquiescence . So important an alteration of opinion as that herein involved certainly called for specific ...
... period of the Buddhists . So far as we know , these sectaries , unlike the Muhammadans , never assumed an attitude of implied acquiescence . So important an alteration of opinion as that herein involved certainly called for specific ...
Page xxxii
... period of the Purâņas ; and some of these compositions may , unquestionably , claim a very respectable antiquity . 2 A diligent perusal of the copious inanity of the Káśi- khanda might lead to the discovery of its era , 3 and 1 It is ...
... period of the Purâņas ; and some of these compositions may , unquestionably , claim a very respectable antiquity . 2 A diligent perusal of the copious inanity of the Káśi- khanda might lead to the discovery of its era , 3 and 1 It is ...
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... periods , there is no question . It is certain that the city is regarded , by all Hindus , as coeval with the birth of Hinduism , a notion derived both from tradition and from their own writings . Allusions to Benares are ex- ceedingly ...
... periods , there is no question . It is certain that the city is regarded , by all Hindus , as coeval with the birth of Hinduism , a notion derived both from tradition and from their own writings . Allusions to Benares are ex- ceedingly ...
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... period in India , —a period extending from seven hundred to a thousand years , she gave the same support to Buddhism which she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Bud- dhist works of that era have abundant allusions to Benares ...
... period in India , —a period extending from seven hundred to a thousand years , she gave the same support to Buddhism which she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Bud- dhist works of that era have abundant allusions to Benares ...
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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-laď 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