The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Christ yet found in India . — Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . - Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city ...
... Christ yet found in India . — Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . - Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city ...
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... Christ . The great Kárlen cave dates from the beginning of the Christian era . The Ajunta caves belong to several epochs ; and some may be as recent as the ninth or tenth century A.D. The Viswakarman cave at Ellora is of the seventh or ...
... Christ . The great Kárlen cave dates from the beginning of the Christian era . The Ajunta caves belong to several epochs ; and some may be as recent as the ninth or tenth century A.D. The Viswakarman cave at Ellora is of the seventh or ...
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... Christ ; or , if there were any before that date , that they have all been destroyed . Of the ancient Assyrian palaces discovered by Layard , those most elaborately sculptured were built about B.C. 700 , while others , in a less ...
... Christ ; or , if there were any before that date , that they have all been destroyed . Of the ancient Assyrian palaces discovered by Layard , those most elaborately sculptured were built about B.C. 700 , while others , in a less ...
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... Christ , we must be careful in our estimate of the date to which the Ráj Ghát pillars , which are of singular excellency and purity of style , ought to be assigned , although I do not propose to claim for them so high an antiquity . But ...
... Christ , we must be careful in our estimate of the date to which the Ráj Ghát pillars , which are of singular excellency and purity of style , ought to be assigned , although I do not propose to claim for them so high an antiquity . But ...
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... Christian truth by missionaries , and who , although not outwardly accepting Christianity , are yet to some extent convinced of the falsity of Hinduism . Since the country has come into our hands , a great im- petus has been given to ...
... Christian truth by missionaries , and who , although not outwardly accepting Christianity , are yet to some extent convinced of the falsity of Hinduism . Since the country has come into our hands , a great im- petus has been given to ...
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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