The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Buddhist persecution . Few Sanskrit manuscripts exist that were copied more than four or five centuries ago , at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare , if there were any at all . Neither among the Hindus nor among the ...
... Buddhist persecution . Few Sanskrit manuscripts exist that were copied more than four or five centuries ago , at which time Indian Buddhists must have been very rare , if there were any at all . Neither among the Hindus nor among the ...
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... Buddhism had passed its prime on Indian soil , that these towns acquired the special repute which now attaches to them . As for Benares , the attribution to it of peculiar sanctity seems to date from the period of the Purâņas ; and some ...
... Buddhism had passed its prime on Indian soil , that these towns acquired the special repute which now attaches to them . As for Benares , the attribution to it of peculiar sanctity seems to date from the period of the Purâņas ; and some ...
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... Buddhist records respecting Benares . S'ákya Muni , or Buddha , preached the doctrine of Buddhism first in Benares . - Antiquity of Benares . — Hiouen Thsang's account of his visit to the city in the seventh century of the Christian era ...
... Buddhist records respecting Benares . S'ákya Muni , or Buddha , preached the doctrine of Buddhism first in Benares . - Antiquity of Benares . — Hiouen Thsang's account of his visit to the city in the seventh century of the Christian era ...
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... Buddhist and what post- Buddhist , the minds of men would be at least freed from the despair which possesses them in reference to this subject.1 The result is , that this city of Benares , whose an- tiquity is very great , is robbed of ...
... Buddhist and what post- Buddhist , the minds of men would be at least freed from the despair which possesses them in reference to this subject.1 The result is , that this city of Benares , whose an- tiquity is very great , is robbed of ...
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... Buddhists themselves give us some glimpses of intelligence respecting the history of this city prior to the year of S'ákya's visit ; and these , although liable to some suspicion , have , nevertheless , in 6 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... Buddhists themselves give us some glimpses of intelligence respecting the history of this city prior to the year of S'ákya's visit ; and these , although liable to some suspicion , have , nevertheless , in 6 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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