The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xxvi
... Benares ' very likely was not a mythe ; but there is no ground for crediting that Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to have reigned there during nineteen several states of existence . In a ...
... Benares ' very likely was not a mythe ; but there is no ground for crediting that Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to have reigned there during nineteen several states of existence . In a ...
Page xxxii
... Benares and the towers at Sârnâth , the fields are thickly strewed with bricks and other remains of former buildings . But I am not aware that Colonel Wilford has any authority for speaking of " the old city of Benares , north of the ...
... Benares and the towers at Sârnâth , the fields are thickly strewed with bricks and other remains of former buildings . But I am not aware that Colonel Wilford has any authority for speaking of " the old city of Benares , north of the ...
Page xxxiv
... Benares , which he compares , not inaptly , to Mecca.2 Mahmûd of Ghaznî is said , on doubtful warrant , to have advanced as far as Benares , and to have made a few converts there , during his ninth incursion . In 1194 , Shihâbuddîn ...
... Benares , which he compares , not inaptly , to Mecca.2 Mahmûd of Ghaznî is said , on doubtful warrant , to have advanced as far as Benares , and to have made a few converts there , during his ninth incursion . In 1194 , Shihâbuddîn ...
Page xxxvi
... Benares Illustrated , Second Series , - from consulting Tavernier with insufficient attention , refers the con- version of the Mânmandil into an Observatory to Jayasimha I. An excellent account of the Benares Observatory , by Pandit ...
... Benares Illustrated , Second Series , - from consulting Tavernier with insufficient attention , refers the con- version of the Mânmandil into an Observatory to Jayasimha I. An excellent account of the Benares Observatory , by Pandit ...
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... Benares . - Sanctity of the city . - Mythic character of Indian history . - Ancient Buddhist records respecting Benares . S'ákya Muni , or Buddha , preached the doctrine of Buddhism first in Benares . - Antiquity of Benares . — Hiouen ...
... Benares . - Sanctity of the city . - Mythic character of Indian history . - Ancient Buddhist records respecting Benares . S'ákya Muni , or Buddha , preached the doctrine of Buddhism first in Benares . - Antiquity of Benares . — Hiouen ...
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