The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... 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 PREFACE . vii Lecture delivered before the Benares Institute , vi . PREFACE .
... 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 PREFACE . vii Lecture delivered before the Benares Institute , vi . PREFACE .
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... various classes . - The Benares Institute . - Public Buildings in the suburbs . - Monu- ment to Mr. Cherry . - Influential Native Gentlemen of Benares . 328 CHAPTER XXII . Sentiments engendered by the contemplation of the CONTENTS . xiii.
... various classes . - The Benares Institute . - Public Buildings in the suburbs . - Monu- ment to Mr. Cherry . - Influential Native Gentlemen of Benares . 328 CHAPTER XXII . Sentiments engendered by the contemplation of the CONTENTS . xiii.
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... various teachers previously to his time , cleverly availed himself of the prestige of these earlier instructors , by pronouncing each in succession to have been an incar- nation or manifestation of Buddha ; thereby coolly at- taching to ...
... various teachers previously to his time , cleverly availed himself of the prestige of these earlier instructors , by pronouncing each in succession to have been an incar- nation or manifestation of Buddha ; thereby coolly at- taching to ...
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... 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 common source , it appears ...
... 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 common source , it appears ...
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... various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of buildings , here and there to be seen , of an early style of Hindu architecture , sculptured stones of many kinds are distributed amongst the walls ...
... various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of buildings , here and there to be seen , of an early style of Hindu architecture , sculptured stones of many kinds are distributed amongst the walls ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity Asiatic Society Aśoka Assyrian Bará Barna bass-relief Benares Bengal Bisheswar Brahmá Brahmans Buddha Buddhist building carved century Ceylon Chinese Christian cloth College containing Crown 8vo deities Demy 8vo Dialect DICTIONARY divine Durgá edifice enclosure English erected F. J. FURNIVALL feet figure FITZEDWARD HALL formerly Ganges Ghát Glossary goddess Government GRAMMAR ground Hensleigh Wedgwood Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idols India Inscription Káśí king Language late LL.D Mahadeva Mahalla Melá miles Missionary modern Mohammedan monastery mosque native neighbourhood niche Notes original Pali pilgrimage pilgrims pillars plates portion Post 8vo present Prof Professor quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rámnagar religion religious Rig-Veda river Royal 8vo Royal Asiatic Society ruins sacred Sanskrit Sárnáth sewed shrine side Siva spot stairs stone Stupa T. W. RHYS DAVIDS tank temple terrace Text tower Translated Vihára viii wall worship
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Page 10 - 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 10 - 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 9 - 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...