The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... remains her famous temples , holy wells and tanks , and numerous gháts or stairs leading down to the Ganges— the legends concerning them - the peculiar customs at the temples - the ceremonies of the idolater - the modes of worship the ...
... remains her famous temples , holy wells and tanks , and numerous gháts or stairs leading down to the Ganges— the legends concerning them - the peculiar customs at the temples - the ceremonies of the idolater - the modes of worship the ...
Page ix
... 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 . Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains ...
... 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 . Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? - Ancient remains ...
Page xii
... Remains . The Great Tower : Description of it by Major- General Cunningham , and account of his Excavations . - Age of Buddhist Topes or Towers . - Remains of a Buddhist Mon- astery Mr. Thomas's Account of them . - Discovery of large ...
... Remains . The Great Tower : Description of it by Major- General Cunningham , and account of his Excavations . - Age of Buddhist Topes or Towers . - Remains of a Buddhist Mon- astery Mr. Thomas's Account of them . - Discovery of large ...
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... Remains of old Wall . - Carved Stones and Ancient Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist Temple . Remains of larger Temple . - Traces of Buddhist Monastery - • 271 CHAPTER XX . Further Account of Ancient Remains recently discovered in ...
... Remains of old Wall . - Carved Stones and Ancient Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist Temple . Remains of larger Temple . - Traces of Buddhist Monastery - • 271 CHAPTER XX . Further Account of Ancient Remains recently discovered in ...
Page xxv
... remains the question as to the era of the year 1083 , whether Vikramaditya's , or Salivâhana's - better , Sâtavâhana's , - or Harsha's , or whose . Not only are the blunders in this inscrip- tion , as printed , so many and so gross that ...
... remains the question as to the era of the year 1083 , whether Vikramaditya's , or Salivâhana's - better , Sâtavâhana's , - or Harsha's , or whose . Not only are the blunders in this inscrip- tion , as printed , so many and so gross that ...
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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-laď 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