The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Carved Stones and Ancient Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist Temple . Remains of larger Temple . - Traces of Buddhist Monastery - • 271 CHAPTER XX . Further Account of Ancient Remains recently discovered in Benares and its vicinity ...
... Carved Stones and Ancient Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist Temple . Remains of larger Temple . - Traces of Buddhist Monastery - • 271 CHAPTER XX . Further Account of Ancient Remains recently discovered in Benares and its vicinity ...
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... RÁM GHÁT 145 ˇ GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . 240 No. II . 241 22 " " ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE AT Bakaríyá Kund 283 ERRATA . Page 68. - For Purņas'ubhakaran , read Purṇas'ubhakaraṇí.
... RÁM GHÁT 145 ˇ GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . 240 No. II . 241 22 " " ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE AT Bakaríyá Kund 283 ERRATA . Page 68. - For Purņas'ubhakaran , read Purṇas'ubhakaraṇí.
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... hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps more , while the population of the sur- rounding villages is exceedingly dense . and balconies , and carved oriels , to which the BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 9.
... hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps more , while the population of the sur- rounding villages is exceedingly dense . and balconies , and carved oriels , to which the BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 9.
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... carved oriels , to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds . The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants , and not less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these ...
... carved oriels , to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds . The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants , and not less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these ...
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... carvings and sculptures . We arrive , therefore , at this conclusion , that , as there is every reason to believe that solid buildings partly if not entirely of stone were erected in India several hundred years preceding the third ...
... carvings and sculptures . We arrive , therefore , at this conclusion , that , as there is every reason to believe that solid buildings partly if not entirely of stone were erected in India several hundred years preceding the third ...
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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