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... the other , and the two form so homogeneous a whole , that the finest
microscopic intellects of Europe , after patient and long - continued examination ,
have been well - nigh baffled in the attempt to discover which is fiction and which
is fact .
... the other , and the two form so homogeneous a whole , that the finest
microscopic intellects of Europe , after patient and long - continued examination ,
have been well - nigh baffled in the attempt to discover which is fiction and which
is fact .
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... until the whole land substantially became converted to Buddhism , and sent
forth missionaries to Ceylon and other parts , by whose agency that island , the
empire of China , Japan , Burmah , Nepal , and Tibet , with their four or five
hundred ...
... until the whole land substantially became converted to Buddhism , and sent
forth missionaries to Ceylon and other parts , by whose agency that island , the
empire of China , Japan , Burmah , Nepal , and Tibet , with their four or five
hundred ...
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When he prepares his food , — for he cooks it himself , -should a man of inferior
caste , by inadvertence , or from any cause , happen to touch it , the whole is
considered as spoiled , and is thrown away . Indeed , so rigidly observant of the
rules ...
When he prepares his food , — for he cooks it himself , -should a man of inferior
caste , by inadvertence , or from any cause , happen to touch it , the whole is
considered as spoiled , and is thrown away . Indeed , so rigidly observant of the
rules ...
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... ancient India , that the appetite for these researches has become more and
more strongly whetted , and the belief has originated that the Indian mine is rich
and deep , and is ample enough to repay the efforts of a whole army of explorers
.
... ancient India , that the appetite for these researches has become more and
more strongly whetted , and the belief has originated that the Indian mine is rich
and deep , and is ample enough to repay the efforts of a whole army of explorers
.
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The same unequal proportion of old temples , as compared with new , is visible
throughout the whole of Northern India . Moreover , the diminutive size of nearly
all the temples that exist is another powerful testimony to the stringency of the ...
The same unequal proportion of old temples , as compared with new , is visible
throughout the whole of Northern India . Moreover , the diminutive size of nearly
all the temples that exist is another powerful testimony to the stringency of the ...
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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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