The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... 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 archæologist ...
... 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 archæologist ...
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... situated about three hundred yards off , are square below , then eight - sided , and then sixteen - sided , and are adorned with exquisitely - carved devices . Moreover , from the quarry - marks engraved upon many of the stones found ...
... situated about three hundred yards off , are square below , then eight - sided , and then sixteen - sided , and are adorned with exquisitely - carved devices . Moreover , from the quarry - marks engraved upon many of the stones found ...
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... situated at Barna Sangam , or the confluence of the Barna and the Ganges ; and a few remains of it are still standing . In its day it no doubt formed a part of the city , and was its chief defence ; but now it is only a remote suburb ...
... situated at Barna Sangam , or the confluence of the Barna and the Ganges ; and a few remains of it are still standing . In its day it no doubt formed a part of the city , and was its chief defence ; but now it is only a remote suburb ...
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... situated at Rámnagar , upwards of a mile to the south - east of S'iválá Ghát , on the opposite side of the river , where a considerable popu- lation has sprung up . At present , as has long been the case , the city is known by the two ...
... situated at Rámnagar , upwards of a mile to the south - east of S'iválá Ghát , on the opposite side of the river , where a considerable popu- lation has sprung up . At present , as has long been the case , the city is known by the two ...
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... situated above the Dasáśamedh Ghát , near the Mán Mandil Observatory . In regard to the number of idols of every description actually worshipped by the people , it certainly exceeds the number of people them- selves , though multiplied ...
... situated above the Dasáśamedh Ghát , near the Mán Mandil Observatory . In regard to the number of idols of every description actually worshipped by the people , it certainly exceeds the number of people them- selves , though multiplied ...
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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