The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Shrines of Márkaṇḍeśwar and Daksheswar . - Legend of Raja Daksh . - Temples of Alpmriteswar and Ratneswar . CHAPTER V. Legend respecting Divodás . -Temple of Divodáseswar . - The Well Dharm - kúp . - Rádhá - Krishna . - The Nág - Kúái ...
... Shrines of Márkaṇḍeśwar and Daksheswar . - Legend of Raja Daksh . - Temples of Alpmriteswar and Ratneswar . CHAPTER V. Legend respecting Divodás . -Temple of Divodáseswar . - The Well Dharm - kúp . - Rádhá - Krishna . - The Nág - Kúái ...
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... shrines , and minarets , 1 See Appendix B. 2 This conjecture regarding the population of Benares is not correct . The Government census gives less than two hundred thousand ; but this is too low an estimate . The number of pilgrims ...
... shrines , and minarets , 1 See Appendix B. 2 This conjecture regarding the population of Benares is not correct . The Government census gives less than two hundred thousand ; but this is too low an estimate . The number of pilgrims ...
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... shrines and sacred places , and to take note merely of the manifold signs and mani- festations of Hinduism which he would find there , and then to quit the city without inquiring further , without turning his attention to those silent ...
... shrines and sacred places , and to take note merely of the manifold signs and mani- festations of Hinduism which he would find there , and then to quit the city without inquiring further , without turning his attention to those silent ...
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... shrines . It is right that Europeans should clearly understand , that this spirit of Mohammedanism is unchangeable , and that , if , by any mischance , India should again come into the possession of men of this creed , all the churches ...
... shrines . It is right that Europeans should clearly understand , that this spirit of Mohammedanism is unchangeable , and that , if , by any mischance , India should again come into the possession of men of this creed , all the churches ...
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... shrines of India , belonging to all the native religions , were by no means in a flourishing condition . Large num- bers , indeed , must have been in a state of decay . The anarchy that prevailed throughout the Mogul empire after the ...
... shrines of India , belonging to all the native religions , were by no means in a flourishing condition . Large num- bers , indeed , must have been in a state of decay . The anarchy that prevailed throughout the Mogul empire after the ...
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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-laï 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