Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and ReligionW. Thacker, 1912 - 226 pages |
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... northern and western latitudes as the cradle of the race . Certainly the Aryans brought with them into India all the habits . and ideas of northern people — they were fair - skinned , ate horse - flesh and beef , and drank fermented ...
... northern and western latitudes as the cradle of the race . Certainly the Aryans brought with them into India all the habits . and ideas of northern people — they were fair - skinned , ate horse - flesh and beef , and drank fermented ...
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... northern India . They were by no means a united people , but composed of numerous tribes and clans , not all of pure Aryan stock , often fighting with each other , and surrounded not only by savage aboriginals of the lowest type living ...
... northern India . They were by no means a united people , but composed of numerous tribes and clans , not all of pure Aryan stock , often fighting with each other , and surrounded not only by savage aboriginals of the lowest type living ...
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... northern India , it is extremely difficult to ascertain any precise details of its history from the time of the preaching of Buddha down to the rise of modern Hinduism . We only know that the Kosâla kingdom , which had absorbed the Kâsî ...
... northern India , it is extremely difficult to ascertain any precise details of its history from the time of the preaching of Buddha down to the rise of modern Hinduism . We only know that the Kosâla kingdom , which had absorbed the Kâsî ...
Contents
IN THE VEDIC TIMES | 1 |
The Kâsis The Vedic hymns The Upanishads | 9 |
THE HINDU EPICSHEROWORSHIP | 17 |
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Benares, the Sacred City: Sketches of Hindu Life and Religion Ernest Binfield Havell No preview available - 2016 |
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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