The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... received Pratishthâna in gift from his father Sudyumna . English Vishnu - purána , Vol . III . , p . 237. Also see Burnouf's Bhagavata - purána , Vol . III . , Preface , pp . XCVII . - XCIX . Pratishthâna appears as a district of the ...
... received Pratishthâna in gift from his father Sudyumna . English Vishnu - purána , Vol . III . , p . 237. Also see Burnouf's Bhagavata - purána , Vol . III . , Preface , pp . XCVII . - XCIX . Pratishthâna appears as a district of the ...
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... received from his fathers . Unfortunately , Hindu writers have shown a singular neglect of chronology , and an utter distaste for noting and recording historical facts in a simple and consecutive manner . This is the more remarkable ...
... received from his fathers . Unfortunately , Hindu writers have shown a singular neglect of chronology , and an utter distaste for noting and recording historical facts in a simple and consecutive manner . This is the more remarkable ...
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... received the willing homage of her subjects scattered over all India ; as a lover , she has secured their affection and regard . Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a Buddhist pilgrim ,. visited India in the ...
... received the willing homage of her subjects scattered over all India ; as a lover , she has secured their affection and regard . Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a Buddhist pilgrim ,. visited India in the ...
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... received the extraordinary dogma , the gigantic blasphemy , that there was no separate , self - existent Supreme God , but that each individual man , by con- templation , could rise into the divinity ; that all this was the ultimate ...
... received the extraordinary dogma , the gigantic blasphemy , that there was no separate , self - existent Supreme God , but that each individual man , by con- templation , could rise into the divinity ; that all this was the ultimate ...
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... received . Various intermediate stages of diversity are represented in other buildings ; but I cannot now further enlarge on them . The first class of pillars , however , must , I contend , be of a much earlier date than the other . Yet ...
... received . Various intermediate stages of diversity are represented in other buildings ; but I cannot now further enlarge on them . The first class of pillars , however , must , I contend , be of a much earlier date than the other . Yet ...
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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-laï 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