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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 of Ancient Remains recently discovered in ...
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 of Ancient Remains recently discovered in ...
Page 26
Now , it is necessary to state , that much of the existing city has been erected in
comparatively modern times , and , with the exception of an occasional bit of old
frieze or cornice , or a broken bass - relief or statue , inserted into recent walls ...
Now , it is necessary to state , that much of the existing city has been erected in
comparatively modern times , and , with the exception of an occasional bit of old
frieze or cornice , or a broken bass - relief or statue , inserted into recent walls ...
Page 41
... exclusive of the suburbs , 1,000 Hindu temples and 333 Mohammedan
mosques . But this number of temples , which has since been much increased ,
did not include , I imagine , the small shrines , the niches in the walls , the cavities
inside ...
... exclusive of the suburbs , 1,000 Hindu temples and 333 Mohammedan
mosques . But this number of temples , which has since been much increased ,
did not include , I imagine , the small shrines , the niches in the walls , the cavities
inside ...
Page 42
Not content with depositing an image in a temple , they ornament its portico and
walls with deities , or arrange them in rows in the temple enclosure . You may
sometimes see twenty , fifty , and even a hundred of these idols in one place ,
many ...
Not content with depositing an image in a temple , they ornament its portico and
walls with deities , or arrange them in rows in the temple enclosure . You may
sometimes see twenty , fifty , and even a hundred of these idols in one place ,
many ...
Page 51
Several small idols likewise are built into the wall flanking this court . These are
evidently not of modern manufacture . Their age , however , does not seem to be
known . The probability is , that they were taken from the ruins of the old temple of
...
Several small idols likewise are built into the wall flanking this court . These are
evidently not of modern manufacture . Their age , however , does not seem to be
known . The probability is , that they were taken from the ruins of the old temple 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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