The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... India was an unexplored tract.1 Albirűnî , who wrote about A.D. 1000 , had , however , heard of the holy fame of Benares , which he compares , not inaptly , to Mecca.2 Mahműd of Ghaznî is said , on doubtful warrant , to have advanced as ...
... India was an unexplored tract.1 Albirűnî , who wrote about A.D. 1000 , had , however , heard of the holy fame of Benares , which he compares , not inaptly , to Mecca.2 Mahműd of Ghaznî is said , on doubtful warrant , to have advanced as ...
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... India . The Brahman . - Sons of the Ganges . -Devotees and pilgrims . - Benares , the religious centre of India . THE early history of Benares is involved in much obscurity . It is , indisputably , a place of great antiquity , and may ...
... India . The Brahman . - Sons of the Ganges . -Devotees and pilgrims . - Benares , the religious centre of India . THE early history of Benares is involved in much obscurity . It is , indisputably , a place of great antiquity , and may ...
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... India ; as a lover , she has secured their affection and regard . Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a Buddhist pilgrim ,. visited India in the seventh cen- tury of the Christian era , describes Benares as a ...
... India ; as a lover , she has secured their affection and regard . Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a Buddhist pilgrim ,. visited India in the seventh cen- tury of the Christian era , describes Benares as a ...
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... India , she was already the sacred city of the land , - the centre of Hinduism , and chief seat of its authority . Judging from the strong feelings of veneration and affection with which the native community regard her 1 Macaulay's ...
... India , she was already the sacred city of the land , - the centre of Hinduism , and chief seat of its authority . Judging from the strong feelings of veneration and affection with which the native community regard her 1 Macaulay's ...
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... India , —a period extending from seven hundred to a thousand years , she gave the same support to Buddhism which she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Bud- dhist works of that era have abundant allusions to Benares , and clearly ...
... India , —a period extending from seven hundred to a thousand years , she gave the same support to Buddhism which she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Bud- dhist works of that era have abundant allusions to Benares , and clearly ...
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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-laď 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