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Page ix
Ancient Buddhist records respecting Benares . - Sákya Muni , or Buddha ,
preached the doctrine of Buddhism first in Benares.— Antiquity of Benares . —
Hiouen Thsang's account of his visit to the city in the seventh century of the
Christian era .
Ancient Buddhist records respecting Benares . - Sákya Muni , or Buddha ,
preached the doctrine of Buddhism first in Benares.— Antiquity of Benares . —
Hiouen Thsang's account of his visit to the city in the seventh century of the
Christian era .
Page xvii
In the ordinary belief of the vulgar of Benares , the name of their city is connected
with Raja Banâr , --- a mythical magnate , of whom mention is associated with
that of the reformer Kabîr , of the beginning of the fifteenth century . Asiatic ...
In the ordinary belief of the vulgar of Benares , the name of their city is connected
with Raja Banâr , --- a mythical magnate , of whom mention is associated with
that of the reformer Kabîr , of the beginning of the fifteenth century . Asiatic ...
Page xix
The Asi — now known as the Asî , and still trickling during the rainy season ,
despite Father Vivien de Saint - Martin's scepticism as to its existence , has a
niche in the Haima - kośa , a work of the twelfth century . The Varuņâ ( sic ) and
Asî are ...
The Asi — now known as the Asî , and still trickling during the rainy season ,
despite Father Vivien de Saint - Martin's scepticism as to its existence , has a
niche in the Haima - kośa , a work of the twelfth century . The Varuņâ ( sic ) and
Asî are ...
Page xxii
The document in question , a land - grant , was issued by Vinayakapala , Raja of
Mahodaya or Kanauj , about the middle of the eleventh century , it may be . Kâsî
is there indirectly described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of ...
The document in question , a land - grant , was issued by Vinayakapala , Raja of
Mahodaya or Kanauj , about the middle of the eleventh century , it may be . Kâsî
is there indirectly described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of ...
Page xxiv
To Kâsa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries , succeeded Divodâsa , in whose
reign Buddhism seems to have been still acting on the aggressive . In this
synchronism there is no discernible improbability ; and , with some likelihood , it ...
To Kâsa , by a lapse of perhaps two centuries , succeeded Divodâsa , in whose
reign Buddhism seems to have been still acting on the aggressive . In this
synchronism there is no discernible improbability ; and , with some likelihood , it ...
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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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