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The panels are filled with very spirited sculptures in relief of a lion , horse , bull ,
and elephant . The base of the column goes deep down into the ground , and
above the ancient floor - level are successive strata , on which for seventeen ...
The panels are filled with very spirited sculptures in relief of a lion , horse , bull ,
and elephant . The base of the column goes deep down into the ground , and
above the ancient floor - level are successive strata , on which for seventeen ...
Page 192
Embedded in one side of the portico are a few fragments of sculpture belonging
to a still older shrine . Among them is a piece of vigorous carving of those quaint
and playful dwarf - like figures which are frequent in Indian sculpture of the early
...
Embedded in one side of the portico are a few fragments of sculpture belonging
to a still older shrine . Among them is a piece of vigorous carving of those quaint
and playful dwarf - like figures which are frequent in Indian sculpture of the early
...
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CHAPTER XI REMAINS OF OLD BENARES — A HINDU - MUHAMMADAN RIOT
- - A WEAVERS ' COLONY res W A thorough examination by trained
archæologists of the ruins and fragments of sculpture which are scattered about
Benares ...
CHAPTER XI REMAINS OF OLD BENARES — A HINDU - MUHAMMADAN RIOT
- - A WEAVERS ' COLONY res W A thorough examination by trained
archæologists of the ruins and fragments of sculpture which are scattered about
Benares ...
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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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