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Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in print , in contributions to
the Calcutta Review and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , and in a
Lecture delivered before the Benares Institute , published in the vi PREFACE .
Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in print , in contributions to
the Calcutta Review and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , and in a
Lecture delivered before the Benares Institute , published in the vi PREFACE .
Page xiii
Native Schools of various classes . The Benares Institute . — Public Buildings in
the suburbs . — Monument to Mr. Cherry . - Influential Native Gentlemen of
Benares . 328 CHAPTER XXII . Sentiments engendered by the contemplation of
the ...
Native Schools of various classes . The Benares Institute . — Public Buildings in
the suburbs . — Monument to Mr. Cherry . - Influential Native Gentlemen of
Benares . 328 CHAPTER XXII . Sentiments engendered by the contemplation of
the ...
Page 7
This wonderful personage , considering that some of the leading dogmas which
he expounded were borrowed from Hinduism , and had been advocated and set
forth by various teachers previously to his time , cleverly availed himself of the ...
This wonderful personage , considering that some of the leading dogmas which
he expounded were borrowed from Hinduism , and had been advocated and set
forth by various teachers previously to his time , cleverly availed himself of the ...
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... a large extent , of stone ; especially seeing that various kinds of durable stone
were easily procurable in India . If , on the other hand , the architects were natives
who had learnt the principles of their art chiefly from Assyria or Persia , or from a ...
... a large extent , of stone ; especially seeing that various kinds of durable stone
were easily procurable in India . If , on the other hand , the architects were natives
who had learnt the principles of their art chiefly from Assyria or Persia , or from a ...
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Yet all the northern quarter of the city , a district little frequented by European
visitors , exhibits in abundance isolated specimens of architectural remains of
various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of
...
Yet all the northern quarter of the city , a district little frequented by European
visitors , exhibits in abundance isolated specimens of architectural remains of
various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of
...
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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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