The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page vii
... Government Normal School , Benares , for his excellent photographs of the city , from which the illustrations of this volume have been taken . M. A. SHERRING . July 2nd , 1868 . CONTENTS . Preface . Introduction - BY FITZEDWARD HALL ...
... Government Normal School , Benares , for his excellent photographs of the city , from which the illustrations of this volume have been taken . M. A. SHERRING . July 2nd , 1868 . CONTENTS . Preface . Introduction - BY FITZEDWARD HALL ...
Page xiii
... 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 . - The ...
Page 9
... 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 ...
... 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
... 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 Benares , did not , so far as is known , examine the city ...
... 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 Benares , did not , so far as is known , examine the city ...
Page 38
... 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 ( tradespeople ) , and priests , — is making ...
... 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 ( tradespeople ) , and priests , — is making ...
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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