The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... appearance towards the close of the last century is , for the most part , applicable to her present state . He speaks of her as " a city , which , in wealth , population , dignity , and sanctity , was among the foremost of Asia . It was ...
... appearance towards the close of the last century is , for the most part , applicable to her present state . He speaks of her as " a city , which , in wealth , population , dignity , and sanctity , was among the foremost of Asia . It was ...
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... appearance of many of the buildings on the cantonment road just alluded to , and in its neighbourhood . There is still a scattered population on the southern bank of the Barna , living in small villages or hamlets ; and , to the north ...
... appearance of many of the buildings on the cantonment road just alluded to , and in its neighbourhood . There is still a scattered population on the southern bank of the Barna , living in small villages or hamlets ; and , to the north ...
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... appearances , Hinduism was never so flourishing as it is now . With general prosperity and universal peace , and with a Government based on neutral principles , and largely tolerant of the national religious systems , Hinduism , under ...
... appearances , Hinduism was never so flourishing as it is now . With general prosperity and universal peace , and with a Government based on neutral principles , and largely tolerant of the national religious systems , Hinduism , under ...
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... appearance . By a more recent estimate than that made by Mr. Prinsep , the following results have been arrived at , the accuracy of which , however , I am unable to vouch for , though I dare say they may be taken as approximately ...
... appearance . By a more recent estimate than that made by Mr. Prinsep , the following results have been arrived at , the accuracy of which , however , I am unable to vouch for , though I dare say they may be taken as approximately ...
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... appearance . Among the most prominent of these is , we need hardly say , the proud , half - naked Brah- man , —with shaven head , save a long tuft depending from his crown behind , the sacred cord being thrown over one shoulder or ear ...
... appearance . Among the most prominent of these is , we need hardly say , the proud , half - naked Brah- man , —with shaven head , save a long tuft depending from his crown behind , the sacred cord being thrown over one shoulder or ear ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Society Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Benares Bengal Bisheswar Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building carved Ceylon chaityas Cheit Singh Chinese Christian cloister cloth College Crown 8vo deities Demy 8vo DICTIONARY Durgá edifice Edited enclosure English erected excavations existence F. J. FURNIVALL feet festival figure five formerly four Ganges Ghát goddess Government GRAMMAR ground height Hensleigh Wedgwood Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idols inches India inscription Kâsis king Language LL.D Mahadeva Mahalla Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque native neighbourhood niches original ornamented pilgrims pillars plates portion Post 8vo present Professor Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar religion religious river road Royal Asiatic Society ruins sacred Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured sewed shrine side Siva spot stone Stupa T. W. RHYS DAVIDS tank temple terrace Text tower Translated Vihára viii wall Warren Hastings worship
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Page 4 - Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die: for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.
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Page 4 - Commerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandise. From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of Versailles, and in the bazaars the muslins of Bengal and the sabres of Oude were mingled with the jewels of Golconda and the shawls of Cashmere.
Page 3 - Asia. It was commonly believed that half a million of human beings was crowded into that labyrinth of lofty alleys, rich with shrines, and minarets, and balconies, and carved oriels, to which the sacred apes clung by hundreds. The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants, and not less holy bulls. The broad and...