The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Ruins at Sárnáth - Their Antiquity . - Sum- mary of the Narratives of Fa Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings formerly existing at Sárnáth and in its neighbourhood . - Points of agreement in the Narratives.- Modern ...
... Ruins at Sárnáth - Their Antiquity . - Sum- mary of the Narratives of Fa Hian and Hiouen Thsang , respecting the buildings formerly existing at Sárnáth and in its neighbourhood . - Points of agreement in the Narratives.- Modern ...
Page xiii
... Ruins at Bakaríyá Kuṇḍ . - Remains of old Wall . - 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 ...
... Ruins at Bakaríyá Kuṇḍ . - Remains of old Wall . - 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 ...
Page xxxv
... ruins , 3 and mosques , constructed from their materials , were reared on their half - destroyed foundations . The Observatory , built by Mânasimha about A.D. 1600 , is , it may be , the only noteworthy Hindu edifice of the 4 1 Fiscally ...
... ruins , 3 and mosques , constructed from their materials , were reared on their half - destroyed foundations . The Observatory , built by Mânasimha about A.D. 1600 , is , it may be , the only noteworthy Hindu edifice of the 4 1 Fiscally ...
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... ruins . In the case , however , of ancient Hindu remains , so little has been done in their investigation , especially in comparing one with another , that the question of their antiquity cannot be at once decided . From an ignorance of ...
... ruins . In the case , however , of ancient Hindu remains , so little has been done in their investigation , especially in comparing one with another , that the question of their antiquity cannot be at once decided . From an ignorance of ...
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... ruins , are found in abundance , showing that , as late as the Mohammedan period , this portion of the city , now become its suburbs , was possessed of considerable magnificence , and , indeed , was a favourite place of resort to its ...
... ruins , are found in abundance , showing that , as late as the Mohammedan period , this portion of the city , now become its suburbs , was possessed of considerable magnificence , and , indeed , was a favourite place of resort to its ...
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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