The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... 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 . A few threads of truth have ...
... 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 . A few threads of truth have ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... whole is considered as spoiled , and is thrown away . Indeed , so rigidly observant of the rules of their order are some of the Brahmans , that , even should the shadow of such a man , or of a Christian , fall upon their food while ...
... whole is considered as spoiled , and is thrown away . Indeed , so rigidly observant of the rules of their order are some of the Brahmans , that , even should the shadow of such a man , or of a Christian , fall upon their food while ...
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... whole army of explorers . The ancient structures of India with which we are acquainted are not of that primitive and rude character which would lead us to imagine that they were the very first productions of Indian architectural skill ...
... whole army of explorers . The ancient structures of India with which we are acquainted are not of that primitive and rude character which would lead us to imagine that they were the very first productions of Indian architectural skill ...
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... whole of Northern India . Moreover , the dimi- nutive size of nearly all the temples that exist is another powerful testimony to the stringency of the Mohammedan rule . It seems clear , that , for the most part , the emperors forbade ...
... whole of Northern India . Moreover , the dimi- nutive size of nearly all the temples that exist is another powerful testimony to the stringency of the Mohammedan rule . It seems clear , that , for the most part , the emperors forbade ...
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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-laď 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