The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... formerly existing at Sárnáth and in its neighbourhood . - Points of agreement in the Narratives.- Modern Explorers of the Ruins . - Extent and Nature of the Remains . The Great Tower : Description of it by Major- General Cunningham ...
... formerly existing at Sárnáth and in its neighbourhood . - Points of agreement in the Narratives.- Modern Explorers of the Ruins . - Extent and Nature of the Remains . The Great Tower : Description of it by Major- General Cunningham ...
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... formerly been associated with him , but had subse- quently abandoned him , and who happened , at that time , to be at the ĺsipattana monastery , embraced the new religion , and became disciples of Buddha . At Sárnáth S'ákya Muni first ...
... formerly been associated with him , but had subse- quently abandoned him , and who happened , at that time , to be at the ĺsipattana monastery , embraced the new religion , and became disciples of Buddha . At Sárnáth S'ákya Muni first ...
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... formerly situated on that site . As a fact , they were originally connected with a series of Buddhist edifices covering perhaps as much space as those structures the foundations and remains of which are found at Sárnáth . A third ...
... formerly situated on that site . As a fact , they were originally connected with a series of Buddhist edifices covering perhaps as much space as those structures the foundations and remains of which are found at Sárnáth . A third ...
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... formerly stood in this part of Benares various stages of antiquity . Some of the capitals , pillars , bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their type , while others are crowded with ornamentation ; and both ...
... formerly stood in this part of Benares various stages of antiquity . Some of the capitals , pillars , bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their type , while others are crowded with ornamentation ; and both ...
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... formerly ; but , instead of plain , ugly buildings , they are often of elegant construction . Some of them , indeed , are so delicately carved externally , are so crowded with bass- reliefs and minute sculpturing , are so lavishly orna ...
... formerly ; but , instead of plain , ugly buildings , they are often of elegant construction . Some of them , indeed , are so delicately carved externally , are so crowded with bass- reliefs and minute sculpturing , are so lavishly orna ...
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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