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Page ix
Devotees and pilgrims. —Benares, the religious centre of India. CHAPTER II. No
Architectural remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in
India.—Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period, not of a rude character.
Devotees and pilgrims. —Benares, the religious centre of India. CHAPTER II. No
Architectural remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in
India.—Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period, not of a rude character.
Page x
Preference of the Old Fanes by Pilgrims.—Trilochan Temple.—Legends
respecting Trilochan. —-The ... Temple of Kames'wan-The Machaudarl Tirth or
Place of Pilgrimage . 61 82 93 . 107 CHAPTER VIII. Temple of Jages'war, a
Resort of the ...
Preference of the Old Fanes by Pilgrims.—Trilochan Temple.—Legends
respecting Trilochan. —-The ... Temple of Kames'wan-The Machaudarl Tirth or
Place of Pilgrimage . 61 82 93 . 107 CHAPTER VIII. Temple of Jages'war, a
Resort of the ...
Page xii
Raja , Cheit Singh's Tank-Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rz'imnagar side of Beuares.
—Temple of Vedavyas.—Panch-kosi Road, or Sacred Boundary of Benares.—
Pilgrimage of the Panch-kosi. —San.itary condition of Renaws-Improvements ...
Raja , Cheit Singh's Tank-Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rz'imnagar side of Beuares.
—Temple of Vedavyas.—Panch-kosi Road, or Sacred Boundary of Benares.—
Pilgrimage of the Panch-kosi. —San.itary condition of Renaws-Improvements ...
Page xxvi
That Buddhism, or any Buddhist king, ever dominated there is altogether
problematical. Some relevant details, scant, but interesting as far as they go, are
derivable from the itinerary of Hiouen Thsangf a Buddhist pilgrim from China,
who visited ...
That Buddhism, or any Buddhist king, ever dominated there is altogether
problematical. Some relevant details, scant, but interesting as far as they go, are
derivable from the itinerary of Hiouen Thsangf a Buddhist pilgrim from China,
who visited ...
Page xxviii
We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's
fellowreligionists in the capital itself; and the obvious inference is, that there were
none, or none worth commemorating. On the monasteries, towers, and reservoirs
of ...
We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's
fellowreligionists in the capital itself; and the obvious inference is, that there were
none, or none worth commemorating. On the monasteries, towers, and reservoirs
of ...
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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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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