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The great building fronting this ghầt is the oldest of the palaces in Benares ,
having been built by Man Singh , Raja of Amber , and ancestor of the present
Maharaja of Jaipur , about the year 1600 A . D . It was a very fine specimen of the
...
The great building fronting this ghầt is the oldest of the palaces in Benares ,
having been built by Man Singh , Raja of Amber , and ancestor of the present
Maharaja of Jaipur , about the year 1600 A . D . It was a very fine specimen of the
...
Page 146
We will continue on our way down the ghâts , passing Baji Rao Ghât and Ghôsla
Ghât , where there are two imposing buildings built by the owner , the Raja of
Nagpur . Next we get to Ram Ghât , one of the long stretches of the river bank ...
We will continue on our way down the ghâts , passing Baji Rao Ghât and Ghôsla
Ghât , where there are two imposing buildings built by the owner , the Raja of
Nagpur . Next we get to Ram Ghât , one of the long stretches of the river bank ...
Page 204
The gradual change from tiles to marble mosaic and inlay can be easily traced in
the Muhammadan buildings in Delhi and Agra , ending in the decoration of the
Taj Mahal , which has been attributed to Italian designers on evidence which ...
The gradual change from tiles to marble mosaic and inlay can be easily traced in
the Muhammadan buildings in Delhi and Agra , ending in the decoration of the
Taj Mahal , which has been attributed to Italian designers on evidence which ...
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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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