The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 39
... Christian Work " for July , 1864 , strongly bear out the preceding observations : - " There can be little doubt , " he says , " that a hundred years ago , the temples , mosques , and shrines of India , belonging to all the native ...
... Christian Work " for July , 1864 , strongly bear out the preceding observations : - " There can be little doubt , " he says , " that a hundred years ago , the temples , mosques , and shrines of India , belonging to all the native ...
Page 40
... Christian influences which , in so many ways and in so many places , are operating upon the community . Undoubtedly ... Christianity , it is a fact , admitting of distinct proof , that the one is on the decline and the other is in the ...
... Christian influences which , in so many ways and in so many places , are operating upon the community . Undoubtedly ... Christianity , it is a fact , admitting of distinct proof , that the one is on the decline and the other is in the ...
Page 41
... Christianity to be , in many places , organized and systematic , determined and dogged . But , if Christians in India be faithful to themselves and to their Divine Master , the triumph of their cause is certain . Upwards of thirty years ...
... Christianity to be , in many places , organized and systematic , determined and dogged . But , if Christians in India be faithful to themselves and to their Divine Master , the triumph of their cause is certain . Upwards of thirty years ...
Page 131
... Christian era . His mind had been early stored with the knowledge contained in the Hindu writings ; but he appears to have especially attached himself to the mathematical sciences ; and his reputation for skill in them stood so high ...
... Christian era . His mind had been early stored with the knowledge contained in the Hindu writings ; but he appears to have especially attached himself to the mathematical sciences ; and his reputation for skill in them stood so high ...
Page 189
... to which it should be referred . Its similarity to the later Buddhist architecture of the opening centuries of the Christian era is amply suffi- cient to solve the question of its date . In BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 189.
... to which it should be referred . Its similarity to the later Buddhist architecture of the opening centuries of the Christian era is amply suffi- cient to solve the question of its date . In BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 189.
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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