The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 53
... Government , as a kind of trustee of the mosque , still pays , periodically , or did so not long since , the interest of money belonging to it , deposited in the Treasury , notwithstanding the Act lately passed for- bidding such a ...
... Government , as a kind of trustee of the mosque , still pays , periodically , or did so not long since , the interest of money belonging to it , deposited in the Treasury , notwithstanding the Act lately passed for- bidding such a ...
Page 83
... government , abdicated the throne , and retired from the place , and was , thereupon , conveyed , by Siva himself , to the Kailás mountain . On his departure , the gods reentered the city , and Siva became their supreme ruler and the ...
... government , abdicated the throne , and retired from the place , and was , thereupon , conveyed , by Siva himself , to the Kailás mountain . On his departure , the gods reentered the city , and Siva became their supreme ruler and the ...
Page 112
... Government ; and , consequently , the expenses of repairing and clean- ing the mosque , so far as I was able to learn , are defrayed by the contributions of visitors . Its existence in this part of city , which is almost entirely ...
... Government ; and , consequently , the expenses of repairing and clean- ing the mosque , so far as I was able to learn , are defrayed by the contributions of visitors . Its existence in this part of city , which is almost entirely ...
Page 113
... Government takes care of the minarets , and keeps them in order . The temple of Kámeśwar , in the northern division of Benares , is one of the few temples , in the city , not of comparatively modern date ; and yet , like them , it by no ...
... Government takes care of the minarets , and keeps them in order . The temple of Kámeśwar , in the northern division of Benares , is one of the few temples , in the city , not of comparatively modern date ; and yet , like them , it by no ...
Page 126
... Government ; and the other is that erected by Mirch Bai , already spoken of . The latter only presents features of interest . The foundations of this temple are raised some distance above the level of the neighbouring street . Its roof ...
... Government ; and the other is that erected by Mirch Bai , already spoken of . The latter only presents features of interest . The foundations of this temple are raised some distance above the level of the neighbouring street . Its roof ...
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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