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Page vi
As Benares has held a foremost place in the history of India for two thousand five
hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that
position in the new era of enlightenment which has already dawned upon the
land ...
As Benares has held a foremost place in the history of India for two thousand five
hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that
position in the new era of enlightenment which has already dawned upon the
land ...
Page xxx
Indeed , the balance of probability is overwhelmingly in favour of the position ,
that the Indian proper names translettered by Hiouen Thsang were Prakrit , not
Sanskrit . Perhaps it is not strange that M. Julien , in drawing up his suicidal
Méthode ...
Indeed , the balance of probability is overwhelmingly in favour of the position ,
that the Indian proper names translettered by Hiouen Thsang were Prakrit , not
Sanskrit . Perhaps it is not strange that M. Julien , in drawing up his suicidal
Méthode ...
Page xxxi
For instance , a position of practical indifference in respect of the prevailing
superstitions seems to be ascertained with reference to Harsha , king of Kanauj
in the seventh century . Hiouen Thsang speaks of him much as if he were a
Buddhist ...
For instance , a position of practical indifference in respect of the prevailing
superstitions seems to be ascertained with reference to Harsha , king of Kanauj
in the seventh century . Hiouen Thsang speaks of him much as if he were a
Buddhist ...
Page 13
... with the exception of Nepal , where it maintains a struggling existence , it has
long been expelled from the land whence it originally sprang . Benares , however
, notwithstanding this circumstance , has not ceased to retain her position as the ...
... with the exception of Nepal , where it maintains a struggling existence , it has
long been expelled from the land whence it originally sprang . Benares , however
, notwithstanding this circumstance , has not ceased to retain her position as the ...
Page 18
... to know what part she is likely to take in that extraordinary movement of mental
awakening and religious reform which has already commenced in India . It is not
for her to fall back , and resign her position of influence . Her place is in the front ...
... to know what part she is likely to take in that extraordinary movement of mental
awakening and religious reform which has already commenced in India . It is not
for her to fall back , and resign her position of influence . Her place is in the front ...
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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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