The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares . - Improvements suggested . . 169 CHAPTER XV . Barna Sangam , or Confluence of the Barna and Ganges.- Ad - keśav Temple . - Barna ...
... Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares . - Improvements suggested . . 169 CHAPTER XV . Barna Sangam , or Confluence of the Barna and Ganges.- Ad - keśav Temple . - Barna ...
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... standing near the river Gunduck in Tirhoot ; and one has been placed on a pedestal in the fort of Allahabad . A fragment of another was discovered near Delhi , and part of a seventh was used as a roller on the Benares road by.
... standing near the river Gunduck in Tirhoot ; and one has been placed on a pedestal in the fort of Allahabad . A fragment of another was discovered near Delhi , and part of a seventh was used as a roller on the Benares road by.
Page 20
... road by a Company's engineer officer . " There is reason for supposing that some of the Bhilsa topes may be assigned to this epoch , while others are , undoubtedly , of a somewhat later date . Of the cave - temples , so interesting not ...
... road by a Company's engineer officer . " There is reason for supposing that some of the Bhilsa topes may be assigned to this epoch , while others are , undoubtedly , of a somewhat later date . Of the cave - temples , so interesting not ...
Page 26
... road , there is nothing of an ancient character visible through- out a very large section of it . Yet all the northern quarter of the city , a district little frequented by Euro- pean visitors , exhibits in abundance isolated specimens ...
... road , there is nothing of an ancient character visible through- out a very large section of it . Yet all the northern quarter of the city , a district little frequented by Euro- pean visitors , exhibits in abundance isolated specimens ...
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... to ride through the city from north to south , and then all along its extensive suburbs , from the ancient fort at the junction of the Barna and the Ganges , down the road leading towards the can- 32 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... to ride through the city from north to south , and then all along its extensive suburbs , from the ancient fort at the junction of the Barna and the Ganges , down the road leading towards the can- 32 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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