The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xxii
... described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of Pratishṭhâna . For Pratishthâna , vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . It is , in my judgment , very doubtful indeed that Ptolemy's Kaooida metamorphoses Kâsi , as has been ...
... described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of Pratishṭhâna . For Pratishthâna , vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . It is , in my judgment , very doubtful indeed that Ptolemy's Kaooida metamorphoses Kâsi , as has been ...
Page 24
... described . It is natural to believe , that , prima facie , Benares offers as fair a field for archæological investigation in regard to the earliest forms of Hindu architecture as any city in India . It is confessedly true , however ...
... described . It is natural to believe , that , prima facie , Benares offers as fair a field for archæological investigation in regard to the earliest forms of Hindu architecture as any city in India . It is confessedly true , however ...
Page 54
... , the chief objects in which have been thus briefly described , and looking beyond in a north - westerly direction , the eye falls on a temple about sixty feet in height , situated one hundred and fifty 54 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... , the chief objects in which have been thus briefly described , and looking beyond in a north - westerly direction , the eye falls on a temple about sixty feet in height , situated one hundred and fifty 54 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 55
... described ; but is now closed . Káśí Karwat , a sacred well of some repute , is situated a short distance to the east of Ad - Bisheswar . Besides the vertical opening , there is a passage leading down to the water , which formerly was ...
... described ; but is now closed . Káśí Karwat , a sacred well of some repute , is situated a short distance to the east of Ad - Bisheswar . Besides the vertical opening , there is a passage leading down to the water , which formerly was ...
Page 61
... described , is , in public esti- mation , the deified kotwal , or police - magistrate , of Benares and its suburbs , as far as the Pánch - kosí road , within the circuit of which , under the orders of his royal master Bisheswar , he ...
... described , is , in public esti- mation , the deified kotwal , or police - magistrate , of Benares and its suburbs , as far as the Pánch - kosí road , within the circuit of which , under the orders of his royal master Bisheswar , he ...
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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-laï 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