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1 We may picture Benares in the later Vedic times as one of the first Aryan
settlements in the Ganges valley - - a clearing in the primeval forest , perhaps first
occupied by the Dravidians or Kolarians . There they kept their cattle and
cultivated ...
1 We may picture Benares in the later Vedic times as one of the first Aryan
settlements in the Ganges valley - - a clearing in the primeval forest , perhaps first
occupied by the Dravidians or Kolarians . There they kept their cattle and
cultivated ...
Page 110
In front are two sculptured bulls ; the bull , or Nandi , being sacred to Shiva , and
perhaps symbolic of the animal creation , as Nandi is considered to be the
guardian of all quadrupeds . In esoteric Hinduism Shiva ' s bull is sometimes
regarded ...
In front are two sculptured bulls ; the bull , or Nandi , being sacred to Shiva , and
perhaps symbolic of the animal creation , as Nandi is considered to be the
guardian of all quadrupeds . In esoteric Hinduism Shiva ' s bull is sometimes
regarded ...
Page 146
It is not an uncommon event for one of them , in a state of religious ecstasy , to
throw himself into the sacred lake of Pushkar , near Ajmere , to be devoured by
the crocodiles , or perhaps jump from a Himalayan precipice . The most tragic
end of ...
It is not an uncommon event for one of them , in a state of religious ecstasy , to
throw himself into the sacred lake of Pushkar , near Ajmere , to be devoured by
the crocodiles , or perhaps jump from a Himalayan precipice . The most tragic
end 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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