The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... remarkable associations , which has occupied such a prominent place in the annals of the human race , is not without its importance , and ought not to be devoid of interest . Having resided in it for several years , I have enjoyed ...
... remarkable associations , which has occupied such a prominent place in the annals of the human race , is not without its importance , and ought not to be devoid of interest . Having resided in it for several years , I have enjoyed ...
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... remarkable , when it is remembered that many of them have been accustomed to close thought , and have prided themselves on their intellectual acumen ; that they have originated numerous systems of philosophy , and made great preten ...
... remarkable , when it is remembered that many of them have been accustomed to close thought , and have prided themselves on their intellectual acumen ; that they have originated numerous systems of philosophy , and made great preten ...
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... remarkable for her venerable age , but also for the vitality and vigour which , so far as we know , she has constantly exhibited . While many cities and nations have fallen into decay and perished , her sun has BENARES , PAST AND ...
... remarkable for her venerable age , but also for the vitality and vigour which , so far as we know , she has constantly exhibited . While many cities and nations have fallen into decay and perished , her sun has BENARES , PAST AND ...
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... remarkable personage ; and to them he gave instructions to proceed in different directions , and announce to the world that the Supreme Buddha had appeared . Starting from the sacred city , these emis- saries of Buddhism , in obedience ...
... remarkable personage ; and to them he gave instructions to proceed in different directions , and announce to the world that the Supreme Buddha had appeared . Starting from the sacred city , these emis- saries of Buddhism , in obedience ...
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... remarkable that , although it admits not of the smallest question , no evidence in its favour should be afforded by any monu- ment of art hitherto discovered in the country . There is no known specimen of architecture existing , of any ...
... remarkable that , although it admits not of the smallest question , no evidence in its favour should be afforded by any monu- ment of art hitherto discovered in the country . There is no known specimen of architecture existing , of any ...
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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