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1 We may picture Benares in the later Vedic times as one of the first Aryan
settlements in the Ganges valley - - a clearing in the primeval forest , perhaps first
occupied by the Dravidians or Kolarians . There they kept their cattle and
cultivated ...
1 We may picture Benares in the later Vedic times as one of the first Aryan
settlements in the Ganges valley - - a clearing in the primeval forest , perhaps first
occupied by the Dravidians or Kolarians . There they kept their cattle and
cultivated ...
Page 89
At last the opportunity came when they both went down to the Ganges for a
pleasure excursion . Vajrasena plied her with wine , and when she was quite
overcome he smothered her , and held her under the water until he believed her
dead .
At last the opportunity came when they both went down to the Ganges for a
pleasure excursion . Vajrasena plied her with wine , and when she was quite
overcome he smothered her , and held her under the water until he believed her
dead .
Page 186
... shrines constituted by Brahminical authority as equal in sanctity to the most
sacred places of Hindu pilgrimage , such as Allahabad , where the Jumna joins
the Ganges ; Kedarnath , in the Himalayas ; or Rameswaram , in the extreme
south .
... shrines constituted by Brahminical authority as equal in sanctity to the most
sacred places of Hindu pilgrimage , such as Allahabad , where the Jumna joins
the Ganges ; Kedarnath , in the Himalayas ; or Rameswaram , in the extreme
south .
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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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