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In Benares there are fifteen hundred Hindu temples , and the smaller shrines are
countless ; but though bearing hundreds of different names , they are all , with the
exception of a few dedicated to Vishnu , recognized as O e A BENARES ...
In Benares there are fifteen hundred Hindu temples , and the smaller shrines are
countless ; but though bearing hundreds of different names , they are all , with the
exception of a few dedicated to Vishnu , recognized as O e A BENARES ...
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The Muhammadans , in converting it to their own use about one hundred and
twenty years ago , gave it a symmetry suggestive of a Greek or Roman temple .
There are several other mosques of the same kind in the same part of the city .
The Muhammadans , in converting it to their own use about one hundred and
twenty years ago , gave it a symmetry suggestive of a Greek or Roman temple .
There are several other mosques of the same kind in the same part of the city .
Page 220
On the morning of the 14th , Wazir Ali and two hundred desperate followers , fully
armed , each Muhammadan wrapped in a winding sheet dipped in Mecca ' s
sacred well , started from Madhu Das ' s Gardens bent on the slaughter of every ...
On the morning of the 14th , Wazir Ali and two hundred desperate followers , fully
armed , each Muhammadan wrapped in a winding sheet dipped in Mecca ' s
sacred well , started from Madhu Das ' s Gardens bent on the slaughter of every ...
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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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