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Modern Explorers of the Ruins . — Extent and Nature of the Remains.- The Great
Tower : Description of it by MajorGeneral Cunningham , and account of his
Excavations . — Age of Buddhist Topes or Towers . — Remains of a Buddhist ...
Modern Explorers of the Ruins . — Extent and Nature of the Remains.- The Great
Tower : Description of it by MajorGeneral Cunningham , and account of his
Excavations . — Age of Buddhist Topes or Towers . — Remains of a Buddhist ...
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Ancient Buddhist Ruins at Bakaríyá Kuņd . — 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 ...
Ancient Buddhist Ruins at Bakaríyá Kuņd . — 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 ...
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At the command of that harsh bigot , its principal temples were laid in ruins , and
mosques , constructed from their materials , were reared on their half - destroyed
foundations . The Observatory , built by Mânasimha 4 about A.D. 1600 , is , it ...
At the command of that harsh bigot , its principal temples were laid in ruins , and
mosques , constructed from their materials , were reared on their half - destroyed
foundations . The Observatory , built by Mânasimha 4 about A.D. 1600 , is , it ...
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might be utterly impracticable to collect the entire materials of any one building ;
but this is not necessary , seeing that the age of a building can be commonly
determined by observing merely a fragment of its ruins . In the case , however , of
...
might be utterly impracticable to collect the entire materials of any one building ;
but this is not necessary , seeing that the age of a building can be commonly
determined by observing merely a fragment of its ruins . In the case , however , of
...
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... mosques , and even Hindu buildings , most of which are in 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
...
... mosques , and even Hindu buildings , most of which are in 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
...
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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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