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... or Religious Festivals , held periodically , in Benares 213 CHAPTER XVIII . 1
The Buddhist Ruins at Sárnáth - Their Antiquity . - Summary of the Narratives of
Fa Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings formerly existing at
Sárnáth ...
... or Religious Festivals , held periodically , in Benares 213 CHAPTER XVIII . 1
The Buddhist Ruins at Sárnáth - Their Antiquity . - Summary of the Narratives of
Fa Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings formerly existing at
Sárnáth ...
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... more than a century after him , provided the Observatory with astronomical
instruments . From Raja Mânasimha the building was called , from the first ,
Mânamandira , now corrupted into Mânmandil . city , still entire , of so great
antiquity .
... more than a century after him , provided the Observatory with astronomical
instruments . From Raja Mânasimha the building was called , from the first ,
Mânamandira , now corrupted into Mânmandil . city , still entire , of so great
antiquity .
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... some of which were curiously carved , from Bakaríyá Kund , on the confines of
the city and not more than a mile from the college which he was erecting , without
reflecting that they might possibly be relics of ancient buildings formerly situated ...
... some of which were curiously carved , from Bakaríyá Kund , on the confines of
the city and not more than a mile from the college which he was erecting , without
reflecting that they might possibly be relics of ancient buildings formerly situated ...
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Yet all the northern quarter of the city , a district little frequented by European
visitors , exhibits in abundance isolated specimens of architectural remains of
various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of
...
Yet all the northern quarter of the city , a district little frequented by European
visitors , exhibits in abundance isolated specimens of architectural remains of
various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of
...
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Moreover , from the quarry - marks engraved upon many of the stones found here
, it is manifest that a portion of the buildings was erected about the era of the
Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the third or fourth century
A.D. ...
Moreover , from the quarry - marks engraved upon many of the stones found here
, it is manifest that a portion of the buildings was erected about the era of the
Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the third or fourth century
A.D. ...
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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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