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Page vi
... two thousand five hundred years, at the least, so, in all likelihood, she is
destined to retain that position in the new era of enlightenment which has already
dawned upon the land. Portions of this work have, at various times, appeared in
print, ...
... two thousand five hundred years, at the least, so, in all likelihood, she is
destined to retain that position in the new era of enlightenment which has already
dawned upon the land. Portions of this work have, at various times, appeared in
print, ...
Page xxvi
... eighty-four thousand monarchs descended from Asoka.' 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 ...
... eighty-four thousand monarchs descended from Asoka.' 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
These were, mainly, worshippers of Siva; and among them were two classes of
ascetics.2 Their temples amounted to a hundred, which gave lodgement to about
ten thousand devotees.a The Buddhists, who are stated to have been much in ...
These were, mainly, worshippers of Siva; and among them were two classes of
ascetics.2 Their temples amounted to a hundred, which gave lodgement to about
ten thousand devotees.a The Buddhists, who are stated to have been much in ...
Page xxviii
are stated to have been much in the minority, kept up thirty religious houses,
tenanted by three thousand inmates, all of the Sammatiya sect. In the capital1
were twenty Hindu temples, and a latten statue of Siva, a hundred feet in height.
We are ...
are stated to have been much in the minority, kept up thirty religious houses,
tenanted by three thousand inmates, all of the Sammatiya sect. In the capital1
were twenty Hindu temples, and a latten statue of Siva, a hundred feet in height.
We are ...
Page xxxiv
In 1194, Shihabuddin, after defeating the Kanaujan monarch, Jayachandra,
marched on that city, where he is reported to have demolished near a thousand
Hindu temples.' The subsequent history of the place, for many centuries, is well-
nigh a ...
In 1194, Shihabuddin, after defeating the Kanaujan monarch, Jayachandra,
marched on that city, where he is reported to have demolished near a thousand
Hindu temples.' The subsequent history of the place, for many centuries, is well-
nigh a ...
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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 | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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