The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 137
... Government College , Benares , - which he contributed to the Benares Institute , for this information respecting the instruments found in the Mán - Mandil Observatory . The Nepalese Temple , rising from the banks of the Ganges , at no ...
... Government College , Benares , - which he contributed to the Benares Institute , for this information respecting the instruments found in the Mán - Mandil Observatory . The Nepalese Temple , rising from the banks of the Ganges , at no ...
Page 141
... government of the city . Brahmá was quite ready to do what he could towards assisting his friend , and so took his departure for Benares , mounted on a goose . On reaching the holy city , he was enraptured with its appearance . He went ...
... government of the city . Brahmá was quite ready to do what he could towards assisting his friend , and so took his departure for Benares , mounted on a goose . On reaching the holy city , he was enraptured with its appearance . He went ...
Page 181
... Government of India , instead of pursuing the destructive and prohibitive policy of the Moham- medan rulers , has taken the Panchkosí road under its . own charge , and , in a spirit of beneficence deserving of the highest praise ...
... Government of India , instead of pursuing the destructive and prohibitive policy of the Moham- medan rulers , has taken the Panchkosí road under its . own charge , and , in a spirit of beneficence deserving of the highest praise ...
Page 182
... Government officials in Benares , just now , is well adapted for aiding in the promotion of the objects of a municipality . Men of in- dustry and enterprise , as some of them are , would find ample scope for their talents . Europeans of ...
... Government officials in Benares , just now , is well adapted for aiding in the promotion of the objects of a municipality . Men of in- dustry and enterprise , as some of them are , would find ample scope for their talents . Europeans of ...
Page 184
... Government has forbidden to be used . During the rebellion , they were in the hands of a man of a seditious and tur- bulent spirit , and were , consequently , seized by the authorities and closed . Subsequently , however , they were.
... Government has forbidden to be used . During the rebellion , they were in the hands of a man of a seditious and tur- bulent spirit , and were , consequently , seized by the authorities and closed . Subsequently , however , they were.
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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