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The caste system which was evolved out of these peculiar political and social
conditions provided , on the one hand , an automatic system of subdivision to
make room for social development and differences of religious practice ; and , on
the ...
The caste system which was evolved out of these peculiar political and social
conditions provided , on the one hand , an automatic system of subdivision to
make room for social development and differences of religious practice ; and , on
the ...
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Daily on the banks of the Ganges the pious Brahmin , who observes the strict rule
of the twice - born caste , fulfils with the most scrupulous exactitude the
prescribed order and detail of his sandhya , laid down by traditions jealously
guarded ...
Daily on the banks of the Ganges the pious Brahmin , who observes the strict rule
of the twice - born caste , fulfils with the most scrupulous exactitude the
prescribed order and detail of his sandhya , laid down by traditions jealously
guarded ...
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High - caste and low - caste , Brahmin and Sudra , bathe side by side , for the
holy Ganges , descending from heaven and falling over Shiva ' s brow , not only
effaces caste distinctions , but affords a panacea for most of the ills , bodily and ...
High - caste and low - caste , Brahmin and Sudra , bathe side by side , for the
holy Ganges , descending from heaven and falling over Shiva ' s brow , not only
effaces caste distinctions , but affords a panacea for most of the ills , bodily 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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