The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Benares at Rámnagar . — Raja Cheit Singh's Tank . - Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares . - Temple of Vedavyás . - Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary ...
... Benares at Rámnagar . — Raja Cheit Singh's Tank . - Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rámnagar side of Benares . - Temple of Vedavyás . - Panch - kosí Road , or Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary ...
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... Benares . - Spread of Buddhism from Benares . - Decline of Buddhism in India.— Destruction of Buddhist Structures at Sárnáth , by fire . - Fall of Buddhism • 230 CHAPTER XIX . Ancient Buddhist Ruins at Bakaríyá Kuṇḍ . - Remains of old ...
... Benares . - Spread of Buddhism from Benares . - Decline of Buddhism in India.— Destruction of Buddhist Structures at Sárnáth , by fire . - Fall of Buddhism • 230 CHAPTER XIX . Ancient Buddhist Ruins at Bakaríyá Kuṇḍ . - Remains of old ...
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... Benares Institute - Nature of its discussions . - Lecture of Pandit Lakshmají - His account of the consequences of Hinduism . - Effect of Missions and Education on Benares and on India . - Religious agitation in India . — What is the ...
... Benares Institute - Nature of its discussions . - Lecture of Pandit Lakshmají - His account of the consequences of Hinduism . - Effect of Missions and Education on Benares and on India . - Religious agitation in India . — What is the ...
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... Benares was governed by a Raja Banâr , at the time of one of Mahmûd's invasions , or in A.D. 1017 , when one of his generals penetrated to the province , and defeated the Raja . " -- Benares Illustrated , p . 9 . General Cunningham ...
... Benares was governed by a Raja Banâr , at the time of one of Mahmûd's invasions , or in A.D. 1017 , when one of his generals penetrated to the province , and defeated the Raja . " -- Benares Illustrated , p . 9 . General Cunningham ...
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. 1 been discovered . Some of these personages ruled , not at Benares , but at Pratishthâna ; and , at the time of the Muhammadan conquest , Benares and the ...
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. 1 been discovered . Some of these personages ruled , not at Benares , but at Pratishthâna ; and , at the time of the Muhammadan conquest , Benares and the ...
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ANCIENT REMAINS antiquity architraves Asiatic Aśoka Bakaríyá Kund banks Bará Barna bass-relief bathe Bengal Bisheswar Bodhi Brahmans bricks Buddha Buddhist building built capitals carved centre chaityas Cheit Singh Christian Chunar city of Benares cloister deer deities distance divine Durgá edifice enclosure entire erected excavations existence extent feet in height festival figure five formerly four Gaṇeś Ganges goddess ground held Hian Hindu Hinduism Hiouen Thsang honour hundred idolatry idols inches India inscription James Prinsep Jou-laï the Tathágata Káśí king large number Mahadeva Mahalla medan Melá miles Mohammedan monastery mosque mound native neighbourhood niches northern original ornamented persons pilgrimage pilgrims pillars portion present quadrangle Ráj Ghát Raja Rám Rámnagar regarded religion religious remarkable river road ruins sacred Sangam Sanskrit Sárnáth sculptured shrine side Siva spot square stands statue stone Stupa tank temple terrace tower Vihára Vishnu wall Warren Hastings worship