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Page vii
I would likewise acknowledge my great obligations to D. TRESHAM , Esq . , Head
Master of the Government Normal School , Benares , for his excellent
photographs of the city , from which the illustrations of this volume have been
taken .
I would likewise acknowledge my great obligations to D. TRESHAM , Esq . , Head
Master of the Government Normal School , Benares , for his excellent
photographs of the city , from which the illustrations of this volume have been
taken .
Page xiii
The Government or Queen's College .-- Monolith in the College Grounds . — The
Normal School . — The Church of England Mission . — The London Society's
Mission . — The Baptist Society's Mission . - Native Schools of various classes .
The Government or Queen's College .-- Monolith in the College Grounds . — The
Normal School . — The Church of England Mission . — The London Society's
Mission . — The Baptist Society's Mission . - Native Schools of various classes .
Page 9
The Government census gives less than two hundred thousand ; but this is too
low an estimate . The number of pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is
very large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps ...
The Government census gives less than two hundred thousand ; but this is too
low an estimate . The number of pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is
very large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps ...
Page 25
Major Kittoe , the late Government archæologist , and the architect of the
Government College , -a beautiful Gothic structure in the suburbs of the city , -
although interesting himself in the excavations of Sárnáth , some three miles to
the north of ...
Major Kittoe , the late Government archæologist , and the architect of the
Government College , -a beautiful Gothic structure in the suburbs of the city , -
although interesting himself in the excavations of Sárnáth , some three miles to
the north of ...
Page 38
With general prosperity and universal peace , and with a Government based on
neutral principles , and largely tolerant of the national religious systems ,
Hinduism , under the leadership of men of the old school , -princes , pandits ,
banyas ...
With general prosperity and universal peace , and with a Government based on
neutral principles , and largely tolerant of the national religious systems ,
Hinduism , under the leadership of men of the old school , -princes , pandits ,
banyas ...
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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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