Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... morning sun cast long shadows across the ghât " Ancient Votive Stones Tomb of Lâl Khan - " An idyll of peace and self - satisfaction Panchganga 183 189 190 191 193 195 · 201 203 207 215 CHAPTER I IN THE VEDIC TIMES History , in the.
... morning sun cast long shadows across the ghât " Ancient Votive Stones Tomb of Lâl Khan - " An idyll of peace and self - satisfaction Panchganga 183 189 190 191 193 195 · 201 203 207 215 CHAPTER I IN THE VEDIC TIMES History , in the.
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... morning of the 14th of August . The Raja came a few hours later , but was forbidden to come to the Governor - General's quarters at Madhu Das's gardens , and ordered to await a communication from the Resident . The next morning Hastings ...
... morning of the 14th of August . The Raja came a few hours later , but was forbidden to come to the Governor - General's quarters at Madhu Das's gardens , and ordered to await a communication from the Resident . The next morning Hastings ...
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... 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 European in ...
... 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 European in ...
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