The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... side , as compared with those on the northern side ; and his attention will be , or ought to be , power- fully arrested by the venerable appearance of many of the buildings on the cantonment road just alluded to , and in its ...
... side , as compared with those on the northern side ; and his attention will be , or ought to be , power- fully arrested by the venerable appearance of many of the buildings on the cantonment road just alluded to , and in its ...
Page 51
... side to the other . The carving upon them is not particularly striking ; but the dome and tower glittering in the sun look like vast masses of burnished gold . They are , however , only covered with gold leaf , which is spread over ...
... side to the other . The carving upon them is not particularly striking ; but the dome and tower glittering in the sun look like vast masses of burnished gold . They are , however , only covered with gold leaf , which is spread over ...
Page 52
... sides of the perpendicular face of the terrace on which the mosque stands , Buddhist pillars , of a simple and very early type , forming recesses or rooms , but which were ... side of it . The Mohammedans have 52 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... sides of the perpendicular face of the terrace on which the mosque stands , Buddhist pillars , of a simple and very early type , forming recesses or rooms , but which were ... side of it . The Mohammedans have 52 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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... side of it . The Mohammedans have many times wished to build a gateway in the midst of the spacious platform in front of the mosque ; but , although they once erected one , they were not suf fered to make use of it , on account of the ...
... side of it . The Mohammedans have many times wished to build a gateway in the midst of the spacious platform in front of the mosque ; but , although they once erected one , they were not suf fered to make use of it , on account of the ...
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... side of the colonnade is an iron palisade , in the enclosure of which are two small shrines , one of white marble , the other of stone , and between them a scaffolding of carved stone , from which a bell is suspended . Standing in this ...
... side of the colonnade is an iron palisade , in the enclosure of which are two small shrines , one of white marble , the other of stone , and between them a scaffolding of carved stone , from which a bell is suspended . Standing in this ...
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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