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THE RĀMĀYANA 25 branch of the Aryan family which claimed descent from the
sun , had pushed down to the present Oudh and north Behar , and established
there a great city , Ayodhya , which is described as the centre of Aryan culture
and ...
THE RĀMĀYANA 25 branch of the Aryan family which claimed descent from the
sun , had pushed down to the present Oudh and north Behar , and established
there a great city , Ayodhya , which is described as the centre of Aryan culture
and ...
Page 99
... profound tranquillity on his face , absorbed in meditation on the Supreme Soul ,
Brahman , the Only Reality - THAT WHICH IS . It is not to be supposed that every
bather goes through the complicated ritual which I have just described , or that ...
... profound tranquillity on his face , absorbed in meditation on the Supreme Soul ,
Brahman , the Only Reality - THAT WHICH IS . It is not to be supposed that every
bather goes through the complicated ritual which I have just described , or that ...
Page 150
Here stood formerly a great temple of Shiva , which Aurangzīb destroyed , and
perhaps in ancient times that one which Hiuen Thsang described , made of stone
skilfully carved and of richly - painted wood , containing a brazen statue of ...
Here stood formerly a great temple of Shiva , which Aurangzīb destroyed , and
perhaps in ancient times that one which Hiuen Thsang described , made of stone
skilfully carved and of richly - painted wood , containing a brazen statue of ...
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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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