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The Great Tower : Description of it by MajorGeneral Cunningham , and account
of his Excavations . — Age of Buddhist Topes or Towers . — Remains of a
Buddhist Monastery - Mr . Thomas's Account of them . — Discovery of large
numbers of ...
The Great Tower : Description of it by MajorGeneral Cunningham , and account
of his Excavations . — Age of Buddhist Topes or Towers . — Remains of a
Buddhist Monastery - Mr . Thomas's Account of them . — Discovery of large
numbers of ...
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PAGE RAJA OF AHMETY'S TEMPLE Frontispiece TEMPLE AT MANIKARNIKÁ
Ghát 70 RAJA OF NAGPORE'S GHÁT 72 THE MINARETS 110 THE NEPALESE
TEMPLE 137 RÁM GHÁT . 145 GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 ...
PAGE RAJA OF AHMETY'S TEMPLE Frontispiece TEMPLE AT MANIKARNIKÁ
Ghát 70 RAJA OF NAGPORE'S GHÁT 72 THE MINARETS 110 THE NEPALESE
TEMPLE 137 RÁM GHÁT . 145 GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 ...
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On the monasteries , towers , and reservoirs of the immediate vicinity , hallowed
by Buddhist One need do no more than collate M. Julien's two versions of Hiouen
Thsang's short account of Benares , to be satisfied that the translator's notion of ...
On the monasteries , towers , and reservoirs of the immediate vicinity , hallowed
by Buddhist One need do no more than collate M. Julien's two versions of Hiouen
Thsang's short account of Benares , to be satisfied that the translator's notion of ...
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A diligent perusal of the copious inanity of the Kasikhanda might lead to the
discovery of its era , and It is very true , that , all the way between Benares and
the towers at Sârnâth , the fields are thickly strewed with bricks and other remains
of ...
A diligent perusal of the copious inanity of the Kasikhanda might lead to the
discovery of its era , and It is very true , that , all the way between Benares and
the towers at Sârnâth , the fields are thickly strewed with bricks and other remains
of ...
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the last century , carted away an entire tope , or sacred tower , from the same vast
store - house , with which he built Jagat Ganj , a ward or district in the suburbs of
the city . The chief reason why Benares has been thus neglected is , in my ...
the last century , carted away an entire tope , or sacred tower , from the same vast
store - house , with which he built Jagat Ganj , a ward or district in the suburbs of
the city . The chief reason why Benares has been thus neglected is , in my ...
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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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