Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... built in eight sections , within . a walled enclosure . There were pavilions of one and two stories for the ... built by Asoka , which had become partly buried , though it was still 100 feet in height . It was built to mark the very spot ...
... built in eight sections , within . a walled enclosure . There were pavilions of one and two stories for the ... built by Asoka , which had become partly buried , though it was still 100 feet in height . It was built to mark the very spot ...
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... built by Humayun , the Mogul emperor , in the first half of the sixteenth century . The excavations now being made below the tower are uncovering the remains of the Buddhist stupa upon which it is built . It is believed to be the one ...
... built by Humayun , the Mogul emperor , in the first half of the sixteenth century . The excavations now being made below the tower are uncovering the remains of the Buddhist stupa upon which it is built . It is believed to be the one ...
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... built on a high ridge about a hundred feet above the river . After the mon- soon floods have subsided , the base of these great pyramids of steps gets wider and wider , as the water shrinks , until in the hot season the foundations of ...
... built on a high ridge about a hundred feet above the river . After the mon- soon floods have subsided , the base of these great pyramids of steps gets wider and wider , as the water shrinks , until in the hot season the foundations of ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kâsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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Aghori ancient Annapurna architectural Aryan ascetic Asoka Barna bath bathers Benares Brahmâ Brahmanas Brahmin brass British brocades Buddha Buddhist built burning ghât Calcutta carved caste century ceremonies Chêt Singh copper Dasâsamedh Ghât Deer-park deity devotees divine doctrines Durgâ earth European funeral pyres Ganêsha Ganges ghât goddess gods Hastings heaven Hinduism Hiuen Thsang holy hymns idol India Indian Ishwara Jain Kâlî Kâsis Khandawa Krishna Kshatriya Madhu Das's Gardens Mahâbhârata Mahâdeva Manikarnika mantras Manu Mogul monasteries mosque Muhammadan northern India palace Panch-kôsi Panchganga Pândava performed philosophy pilgrimage pilgrims Pitris popular priests Raja Râma Râmâyana Ramnagar religion religious representing Rig-Veda rites ritual river sacrifice Sadhus sandhya sannyâsin Sanskrit saris Sarnath sculpture sect Shiva shrines silk Sîtâ Sitala soul spires spiritual stone story stupa Surya Syama symbol tion trees Trimurti Upanishads Vajrasena Vedas Vedic vessels village Vishnu Wazir Ali Wazir Ali's whole women worship Yama Yudhishthira