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Page xvii
... that of the reformer Kabîr , of the beginning of the fifteenth century . Asiatic
Researches , Vol . XVI . , p . 57 . “ According to some of the Muhammadan
accounts , ” says Mr. James familiar to Brahmanical literature . The word is
crudely referred 6.
... that of the reformer Kabîr , of the beginning of the fifteenth century . Asiatic
Researches , Vol . XVI . , p . 57 . “ According to some of the Muhammadan
accounts , ” says Mr. James familiar to Brahmanical literature . The word is
crudely referred 6.
Page xviii
The word is crudely referred , by modern inventiveness , to a combination of
Varaņâ and Asi ; ? and all the other explanations that we have of its source are
equally questionable . 1 Prinsep , but without naming his voucher for the
statement ...
The word is crudely referred , by modern inventiveness , to a combination of
Varaņâ and Asi ; ? and all the other explanations that we have of its source are
equally questionable . 1 Prinsep , but without naming his voucher for the
statement ...
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perhaps there is no city in all Hindustan more frequently referred to . By reason of
some subtle and mysterious charm , it has linked itself with the religious
sympathies of the Hindus through every century of its existence . For the sanctity
of its ...
perhaps there is no city in all Hindustan more frequently referred to . By reason of
some subtle and mysterious charm , it has linked itself with the religious
sympathies of the Hindus through every century of its existence . For the sanctity
of its ...
Page 20
... the Rishi , which , from certain peculiarities in its construction , may , it is
conjectured , have been excavated prior to the Christian era , although the
inscription which covers it is referred to a period so late as the fourth century after
Christ .
... the Rishi , which , from certain peculiarities in its construction , may , it is
conjectured , have been excavated prior to the Christian era , although the
inscription which covers it is referred to a period so late as the fourth century after
Christ .
Page 30
The simple style of architecture , to which I have referred , was , without doubt ,
the earliest introduced into Benares , perhaps into Hindustan ; and , whether the
work of Buddhists or of Hindus is , doubtless , of high antiquity . Yet how it found
its ...
The simple style of architecture , to which I have referred , was , without doubt ,
the earliest introduced into Benares , perhaps into Hindustan ; and , whether the
work of Buddhists or of Hindus is , doubtless , of high antiquity . Yet how it found
its ...
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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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