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CHAPTER I IN THE VEDIC TIMES History , in the conventional European sense ,
has never possessed much interest for the Hindu mind . Thoroughly permeated
with the idea of the unreality of material things , the Brahmin priesthood , while ...
CHAPTER I IN THE VEDIC TIMES History , in the conventional European sense ,
has never possessed much interest for the Hindu mind . Thoroughly permeated
with the idea of the unreality of material things , the Brahmin priesthood , while ...
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Europeans , and the great majority of Hindus , now come to Benares by the
railway . It is amusing to see sometimes at ... You will see him first stepping out of
the train , dressed in more or less correct European garb , and smoking a
cigarette .
Europeans , and the great majority of Hindus , now come to Benares by the
railway . It is amusing to see sometimes at ... You will see him first stepping out of
the train , dressed in more or less correct European garb , and smoking a
cigarette .
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In the meantime , while Indian art is fast decaying beyond all hope , it is left to a
few Europeans to attempt the solution of problems which to competent Indians
should be comparatively easy . Scattered about Benares in odd corners , and ...
In the meantime , while Indian art is fast decaying beyond all hope , it is left to a
few Europeans to attempt the solution of problems which to competent Indians
should be comparatively easy . Scattered about Benares in odd corners , and ...
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Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
THE ADVENT OF BUDDHASARNATH AND | 32 |
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| Title | Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion |
| Author | Ernest Binfield Havell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | W. Thacker, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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