The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... thousand five hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that position in the new era of en- lightenment which has already dawned upon the land . Portions of this work have , at various times ...
... thousand five hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that position in the new era of en- lightenment which has already dawned upon the land . Portions of this work have , at various times ...
Page xxvi
... thousand mon- archs descended from Asoka.1 From these specimens it is manifest that the Buddhist scriptures are little to be trusted for throwing light on the history of Benares . That Buddhism , or any Buddhist king , ever dominated ...
... thousand mon- archs descended from Asoka.1 From these specimens it is manifest that the Buddhist scriptures are little to be trusted for throwing light on the history of Benares . That Buddhism , or any Buddhist king , ever dominated ...
Page xxvii
... thousand devotees . " The Buddhists , who 1 " About four thousand lis . " On the length of the li , consult Father Vivien de Saint - Martin , in Mémoires , etc. , Vol . II . , pp . 256- 259 . 2 On M. Julien's own showing , both in the ...
... thousand devotees . " The Buddhists , who 1 " About four thousand lis . " On the length of the li , consult Father Vivien de Saint - Martin , in Mémoires , etc. , Vol . II . , pp . 256- 259 . 2 On M. Julien's own showing , both in the ...
Page xxviii
... thousand inmates , all of the Sammatîya sect . In the capital1 were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow ...
... thousand inmates , all of the Sammatîya sect . In the capital1 were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred feet in height . We are not apprised whether there were any sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow ...
Page xxxiv
... thousand Hindu temples . The subsequent history of the place , for named in the Ayeen Akbery , in Mr. Gladwin's translation of which , Vol . III . , pp . 255 , 256 , Mathurâ and Avantikâ are disguised as Mehtra and Ownitka . At least ...
... thousand Hindu temples . The subsequent history of the place , for named in the Ayeen Akbery , in Mr. Gladwin's translation of which , Vol . III . , pp . 255 , 256 , Mathurâ and Avantikâ are disguised as Mehtra and Ownitka . At least ...
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