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This city , therefore , has given impulse and vigour to the two religions which to
this day govern half the world . An account of a city of such remarkable
associations , which has occupied such a prominent place in the annals of the
human race ...
This city , therefore , has given impulse and vigour to the two religions which to
this day govern half the world . An account of a city of such remarkable
associations , which has occupied such a prominent place in the annals of the
human race ...
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The task I have set myself is not that of discussing the religious systems existing
there , — which would be an unnecessary undertaking , it having been so
frequently accomplished by abler hands - but of giving a representation of
Benares as ...
The task I have set myself is not that of discussing the religious systems existing
there , — which would be an unnecessary undertaking , it having been so
frequently accomplished by abler hands - but of giving a representation of
Benares as ...
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Connexion of Benares with the religious history of half the human - Its connexion
with Buddhism . - Life and labours of Buddha .-- Benares subsequent to the fall of
Buddhism in India . -The Brahman . — Sons of the Ganges . — Devotees and ...
Connexion of Benares with the religious history of half the human - Its connexion
with Buddhism . - Life and labours of Buddha .-- Benares subsequent to the fall of
Buddhism in India . -The Brahman . — Sons of the Ganges . — Devotees and ...
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Literary and Religious Societies amongst the natives . — The Benares Institute -
Nature of its discussions . — Lecture of Pandit Lakshmají — His account of the
consequences of Hinduism . — Effect of Missions and Education on Benares and
...
Literary and Religious Societies amongst the natives . — The Benares Institute -
Nature of its discussions . — Lecture of Pandit Lakshmají — His account of the
consequences of Hinduism . — Effect of Missions and Education on Benares and
...
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are stated to have been much in the minority , kept up thirty religious houses ,
tenanted by three thousand inmates , all of the Sammatîya sect . In the capital
were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred feet in height .
are stated to have been much in the minority , kept up thirty religious houses ,
tenanted by three thousand inmates , all of the Sammatîya sect . In the capital
were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred feet in height .
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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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