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Page ix
Devotees and pilgrims . -Benares , the religious centre of India race . 1
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 ...
Devotees and pilgrims . -Benares , the religious centre of India race . 1
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 ...
Page x
Preference of the Old Fanes by Pilgrims . — Trilochan Temple . — Legends
respecting Trilochan . -The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from
Worshipping in this Temple . — Kot Lingeswar . — Nának Shah , the Sikh Guru . -
Painting in the ...
Preference of the Old Fanes by Pilgrims . — Trilochan Temple . — Legends
respecting Trilochan . -The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from
Worshipping in this Temple . — Kot Lingeswar . — Nának Shah , the Sikh Guru . -
Painting in the ...
Page xii
Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares.- Temple of Vedavyás . -
Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . —Pilgrimage of the Panch -
kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares .-- Improvements suggested . 169 CHAPTER
...
Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares.- Temple of Vedavyás . -
Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . —Pilgrimage of the Panch -
kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares .-- Improvements suggested . 169 CHAPTER
...
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 Thsang , a Buddhist pilgrim from China
, who ...
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 Thsang , a Buddhist pilgrim from China
, who ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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