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ARCHITECTURE 75 trend in one of two directions , towards the river or parallel
to it . On the river - front they nearly all end in gigantic flights of stone steps
leading down to the bathing - ghâts , for the city is built on a high ridge about a
hundred ...
ARCHITECTURE 75 trend in one of two directions , towards the river or parallel
to it . On the river - front they nearly all end in gigantic flights of stone steps
leading down to the bathing - ghâts , for the city is built on a high ridge about a
hundred ...
Page 90
O The traveller who wishes to realize the magnificence of Benares on the river -
side , and to catch some reflection of that Vedic brightness which still shines
through all that is sordid and vulgar in the modern city , must be at Dasâsamedh
Ghât ...
O The traveller who wishes to realize the magnificence of Benares on the river -
side , and to catch some reflection of that Vedic brightness which still shines
through all that is sordid and vulgar in the modern city , must be at Dasâsamedh
Ghât ...
Page 213
PERIL OF THE BRITISH 213 among Chết Singh ' s followers was intense , and
before any steps could be taken to repair the blunder , large bodies of armed
men crossed the river from the Raja ' s Fort at Ramnagar , surrounded the palace
...
PERIL OF THE BRITISH 213 among Chết Singh ' s followers was intense , and
before any steps could be taken to repair the blunder , large bodies of armed
men crossed the river from the Raja ' s Fort at Ramnagar , surrounded the palace
...
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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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