The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xxvii
... first half of the seventh century . At that date , as he informs us , the kingdom of Vârâṇasî had a circuit of eight hundred miles , ' while its capital measured nearly four miles by somewhat more than one . The inhabitants of the ...
... first half of the seventh century . At that date , as he informs us , the kingdom of Vârâṇasî had a circuit of eight hundred miles , ' while its capital measured nearly four miles by somewhat more than one . The inhabitants of the ...
Page xxviii
... first factor . On the word of M. Stanislas Julien , Hiouen Thsang locates a monument " au nord - est de la capitale , et à l'occident du fleuve de Po - lo - ni - sse ( Vârâṇaçî ) , " and tells of a certain monastery at the distance of ...
... first factor . On the word of M. Stanislas Julien , Hiouen Thsang locates a monument " au nord - est de la capitale , et à l'occident du fleuve de Po - lo - ni - sse ( Vârâṇaçî ) , " and tells of a certain monastery at the distance of ...
Page xxix
... first introduced , there is , in the Chinese , a gloss , delusively appropriated by the translator , as we have seen , - notifying that the kingdom so named had aforetime been called , by mistake , Po - lo - naï ; the spelling , in ...
... first introduced , there is , in the Chinese , a gloss , delusively appropriated by the translator , as we have seen , - notifying that the kingdom so named had aforetime been called , by mistake , Po - lo - naï ; the spelling , in ...
Page xxx
... first sight , I took occasion , some years ago , with ample detail of reasons , to reclaim against this heedless hyperbole of encomium . Continued examination has multi- plied my arguments of protest ; and I am convinced that one will ...
... first sight , I took occasion , some years ago , with ample detail of reasons , to reclaim against this heedless hyperbole of encomium . Continued examination has multi- plied my arguments of protest ; and I am convinced that one will ...
Page xxxii
... first attack upon Benares by Mahmûd of Ghazni . " Thus pronounces Professor Wilson , in his translation of the Vishnu - purána , Vol . I. , Preface , pp . LXXII . , LXXIII . It would be interesting to be put in possession of even a ...
... first attack upon Benares by Mahmûd of Ghazni . " Thus pronounces Professor Wilson , in his translation of the Vishnu - purána , Vol . I. , Preface , pp . LXXII . , LXXIII . It would be interesting to be put in possession of even a ...
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