The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xii
... Tower - Major - General Cunning- ham's Description of it . - The Chaukandí Tower . — The l'śipat- tana Hall , or abode of Buddhist Devotees . - Remains of Vihára or Temple - monastery . - Small Building , containing Xii CONTENTS .
... Tower - Major - General Cunning- ham's Description of it . - The Chaukandí Tower . — The l'śipat- tana Hall , or abode of Buddhist Devotees . - Remains of Vihára or Temple - monastery . - Small Building , containing Xii CONTENTS .
Page xv
... TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . 240 No. II . 241 22 " " ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE AT Bakaríyá Kund 283 ERRATA . Page 68. - For Purņas'ubhakaran , read Purṇas'ubhakaraṇí.
... TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . 240 No. II . 241 22 " " ANCIENT BUDDHIST TEMPLE AT Bakaríyá Kund 283 ERRATA . Page 68. - For Purņas'ubhakaran , read Purṇas'ubhakaraṇí.
Page xxviii
... towers , and reser- voirs of the immediate vicinity , 2 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 the ...
... towers , and reser- voirs of the immediate vicinity , 2 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 the ...
Page xxxii
... towers at Sârnâth , the fields are thickly strewed with bricks and other remains of former buildings . But I am not aware that Colonel Wilford has any authority for speaking of " the old city of Benares , north of the river Burna ...
... towers at Sârnâth , the fields are thickly strewed with bricks and other remains of former buildings . But I am not aware that Colonel Wilford has any authority for speaking of " the old city of Benares , north of the river Burna ...
Page 26
... 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 judgment , attributable partly to its great ex ...
... 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 judgment , attributable partly to its great ex ...
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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