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Panch - kosí 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 .-A'd - keśav ...
Panch - kosí 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 .-A'd - keśav ...
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Three more are 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.
Three more are 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.
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was used as a roller on the Benares road by a Company's engineer officer . ” 1
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 ...
was used as a roller on the Benares road by a Company's engineer officer . ” 1
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 ...
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... bit of old frieze or cornice , or a broken bass - relief or statue , inserted into
recent walls , deposited over drains , or lying neglected by the side of the road ,
there is nothing of an ancient character visible throughout a very large section of
it .
... bit of old frieze or cornice , or a broken bass - relief or statue , inserted into
recent walls , deposited over drains , or lying neglected by the side of the road ,
there is nothing of an ancient character visible throughout a very large section of
it .
Page 32
If any person will take the trouble 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 cantonments 32 ...
If any person will take the trouble 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 cantonments 32 ...
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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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