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... civilization , and , above all , Christianity , are now exerting upon the city . As
Benares has held a foremost place in the history of India for two thousand five
hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that ...
... civilization , and , above all , Christianity , are now exerting upon the city . As
Benares has held a foremost place in the history of India for two thousand five
hundred years , at the least , so , in all likelihood , she is destined to retain that ...
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In a similar spirit , they assert , that , at the same capital ruled , in turn , 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 ...
In a similar spirit , they assert , that , at the same capital ruled , in turn , 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 ...
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Their temples amounted to a hundred , which gave lodgement to about ten
thousand devotees.3 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 .
Their temples amounted to a hundred , which gave lodgement to about ten
thousand devotees.3 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 .
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are stated to have been much in the minority , kept up thirty religious houses ,
tenanted by three thousand inmates , all of the Sammatîya sect . In the capital
were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred feet in height .
are stated to have been much in the minority , kept up thirty religious houses ,
tenanted by three thousand inmates , all of the Sammatîya sect . In the capital
were twenty Hindu temples , and a latten statue of Siva , a hundred feet in height .
Page xxxiv
In 1194 , Shihâbuddîn , 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 named in the Ayeen ...
In 1194 , Shihâbuddîn , 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 named in the Ayeen ...
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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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