The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page vi
... this work have , at various times , appeared in print , in contributions to the Calcutta Review and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , and in a Lecture delivered before the Benares Institute , published in the vi PREFACE .
... this work have , at various times , appeared in print , in contributions to the Calcutta Review and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , and in a Lecture delivered before the Benares Institute , published in the vi PREFACE .
Page xiii
... various classes . - The Benares Institute . - Public Buildings in the suburbs . - Monu- ment to Mr. Cherry . - Influential Native Gentlemen of Benares . 328 CHAPTER XXII . Sentiments engendered by the contemplation of the CONTENTS . xiii.
... various classes . - The Benares Institute . - Public Buildings in the suburbs . - Monu- ment to Mr. Cherry . - Influential Native Gentlemen of Benares . 328 CHAPTER XXII . Sentiments engendered by the contemplation of the CONTENTS . xiii.
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... various teachers previously to his time , cleverly availed himself of the prestige of these earlier instructors , by pronouncing each in succession to have been an incar- nation or manifestation of Buddha ; thereby coolly at- taching to ...
... various teachers previously to his time , cleverly availed himself of the prestige of these earlier instructors , by pronouncing each in succession to have been an incar- nation or manifestation of Buddha ; thereby coolly at- taching to ...
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... various kinds of durable stone were easily procurable in India . If , on the other hand , the architects were natives who had learnt the principles of their art chiefly from Assyria or Persia , or from a common source , it appears ...
... various kinds of durable stone were easily procurable in India . If , on the other hand , the architects were natives who had learnt the principles of their art chiefly from Assyria or Persia , or from a common source , it appears ...
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... various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of buildings , here and there to be seen , of an early style of Hindu architecture , sculptured stones of many kinds are distributed amongst the walls ...
... various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of buildings , here and there to be seen , of an early style of Hindu architecture , sculptured stones of many kinds are distributed amongst the walls ...
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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