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APPENDIX C.

Respecting Divodás, Professor Wilson says:-"Some rather curious legends are connected with this prince, in the Váyu and Brahma Puráņas, and Hari Vamsa, and, especially, in the Kásí Khanda of the Skanda Purána. According to these authorities, Siva and Párvatí, desirous of occupying Káśi, which Divodása possessed, sent Nikumbha, one of the Ganas of the former, to lead the prince to the adoption of Buddhist doctrines; in consequence of which, he was expelled from the sacred city, and, according to the Váyu, founded another on the banks of the Gomatí.

"Some further illustration is derivable from the Mahábhárata, Santi-Parvan, Dána-dharma. Haryaśwa, the king of the Kásis, reigning between the Ganges and the Yamuná (or in the Doab), was invaded and slain by the Haihayas, a race descended, according to this authority, from Saryáti, the son of Manu. Sudeva, the son of Haryaswa, was also attacked and defeated by the same enemies. Divodása, his son, built and fortified Benares, as a defence against the Haihayas; but in vain; for they took it, and compelled him to fly. He sought refuge with Bharadwaja, by whose favour he had a son born to him, Pratardana, who destroyed the Haihayas, under their king Vítahavya, and re-established the kingdom of Káśi.”

Professor Wilson's Translation of the Vishnu Purána (Hall's edition), vol. iv., pp. 33, 40.

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Ahmad Khan, Saiyid, 339

Ahyabar Gali, 154

Aiswarya Narayan Sinh, Babu, Secre-

tary of the Benares Institute, 339

Ajnáta Kaunḍinya, 372

Ajunta Caves, 20

Alamgiri Mosque, 312-314
Alauddin, 81

Alipore Mahalla, 274
Alpmrites war, 80

Ambheri, Rajas of, 131
Amrit Kund, 219
Amrit Rao, 168

Anant Chaudas Melá, 222
Anark Chaudas Mela, 224
Ancient Remains, Benares :-
Bakariya Kund, 273-287

No. I. Raj Ghat Fort, 292-297
No. II. Near Ráj Ghat Fort, 297, 298
No. III. Small Mosque in Budaon
Mahalla, 298, 299

Ancient Mound or Ridge, 299-302
No. IV. Tiliyá Nálá and Maqdam
Sahib, 302-305

No. V. Lát Bhairo, 305-308

No. VI. Battis Khambha, 308-310
No. VII. Arhái Kangúra Mosque,
310-312

Hindu Temple of Kirtti Bishes'war,
Alamgiri Mosque, 312-314

No. VIII. Chaukhambhá Mosque, 314,

315

No. IX. Aurangzeb's Mosque, near

Bishes war Temple, 316-318, 320
No. X. Ad-Bisheswar Temple and
neighbouring Mosque, 318-321
No. XI. Stone Pillar, Sone ká Táláo,
321, 322

Annpúrná, 43, 57, 150, 214
Apsarases, 162

Aráda Káláma, 375

Archæological Report, Major-General
Cunningham's, 236-243, 250-254, 256–
260, 261, 262

Arhái Kangúra Mosque, 310-312
Arjuna, 170

Aryan race, 1, 24

Ashtang-Bhairo, 128

Ashta S'akti, 257

Ashtbhuji, 153

Así, 34, 326

Asiatic Researches, 219, 250

Asiatic Society of Bengal, 236, 242, 245,
248, 251, 252, 257, 260, 264, 269,
270, 273, 286

Así Sangam and Ghát, 139, 177, 178,
184, 217, 218, 221

Asnán Játrá Melá, 217

Asoka, 19, 21, 85, 233, 234, 244, 265,
266, 290, 306, 367, 368

Assyrian Architecture, 22
Asuf-ud-Daulah, Nawab, 198
Atri, 151

Aurangzeb or Alamgir, 28, 32, 39, 51,
55, 110, 112, 128, 153, 156, 191, 192,
306, 312, 313

Aurangzeb's Mosque, 316-318, 323
Ausán Ganj Mahalla, 87, 116, 117, 120,
151, 197

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Baptist Mission, Benares, 333, 334, 337
Bápú Deva S'ástrí, Pandit, Professor of
Astronomy, Government College, Be-
nares, 137, 339

Bará Ganes, 120, 121, 215, 221, 227
Barában Deví, 131
Barhiya Tank, 226

Barná Piyala Melá, 225
Bárṇarasí Deví, 100

Barná Sangam and Ghát, 33, 139, 178,
184, 186, 187, 221
Batasparikhsha Melá, 218
Battis Khambha, 308-310
Báwan Avatar, 222
Bawan-dwádasi Melá, 221
Benares,-Courts of Law, 337; Govern-
ment or Queen's College, 236, 259,
307, 331, 332, 337, 347; Govern-
ment Normal School, 332; Public
Buildings, 337; Ward's Institution,
337

Benares Institute, 336, 337
Benares, Insurrection at, 197-212
Benares, Maharaja of, 118, 169, 212,

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Bodhi, Fruit of 369, 373, 375
Bodhidruma, 374, 375

Bodhisattwa, 368–372, 374, 379
Brahma, 69, 99

Brahma, 43, 78, 82, 140-143, 170, 185
Brahmadatta, King of Benares, 11
Brahma-is'war, 185

Brahmes' war, 142

Bráhman, 14, 40, 48, 69, 84, 102, 126,
135, 148, 152, 191, 193, 194, 267,
346, 354, 378

Brahma Purána, 381
Brahmavarta, 266
Brahmaloka, 143

Brahmo Samáj, 336, 344, 345, 354
Brambanan, temple of, 260
Briddhkál, 73, 75, 80, 94, 156, 312
Briddhkál Mela, 218
Budaon Mahalla, 298

Buddha, or Gautama, 5, 6, 85, 153, 232–
234, 238, 248, 251, 259, 261, 301,
364, 369, 370, 372; The Tathagata,
242, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 375,
379; The Great S'ramana, 242, 366;
S'ri Dharmarási, 251; his Life, 264,
265

Buddhas, four last, 369
Buddha Gaya, 259

Buddhi, 72

Buddha, Law of, 5, 256, 266, 364-366,
368, 369, 374, 375

Buddhism, Decline and Fall of, 267,
268-270

Buddhist Confession of Faith, 242, 262,
263

Buddhist Missionaries, 12, 301

Buddhist Supremacy in India, 12, 30,
265, 266

Buddhist Triad, 259
Burnouf, M. 242

Búrwa-Mangal Melá, 228, 229
Buyers, Rev. W., 192, 193

Carnac, Lieutenant-Colonel, 200
Chakravartin, King, 374
Chakrayantra, 137
Chakr-pushkarni, 69
Cha men (S'ramana), 365
Chandan Ekadasi Mela, 217
Chandra, 144

Chandra Gupta, 265

Chandrakanta, 107

Chandra-kúp, 143, 144

Chandrama, 170

Charaṇa-páduka, 70

Chaturbhuj, 130, 151

Chaukha Ghat, 218, 223, 225, 226
Chaukhambha, 223, 224
Chaukhambha Mosque, 314, 316
Chauki Ghat, 154

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Durg, 159-162

Durga, 47, 144, 155, 157–159, 162, 163,
166, 170-172, 214, 223, 228,
Durga-kund, 33, 90, 166, 219
Durga Mela, 219, 223
Durgbijay Singh, Babu, 212
Durvásas Rishi, 114, 151
Dwaraka-tírth, 218
Dwárpáles'war, 64

Egyptian Architecture, 22
Ellora, cave at, 20
Equinoctial Circle, 137

Fa Hian, 35, 231, 232, 234, 235, 256,
266, 267, 364

Fa Hian's Narrative concerning Benares,
364, 365

Faiz-ulla-Khan, Nawab, 201
Fátima Mela, 219

Fergusson's Handbook of Architecture,
19, 29, 283, 294
Foe (Buddha), 364, 365
Foe Koue Kí, 231, 364
Fouceaux, M., 261

Fowke, Mr., formerly Resident of Be-
nares, 201

Futteh Narain Singh, Babu, Vice-Pre-
sident of the Benares Institute, 339
Gáe Ghát, 104

Gajendramoksh, 170
Gandharvas, 162

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