The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page xxii
... Raja of Mahodaya or Kanauj , about the middle of the eleventh century , it may be . Kâsî is there indirectly described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of Pratishṭhâna . For Pratishthâna , vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 ...
... Raja of Mahodaya or Kanauj , about the middle of the eleventh century , it may be . Kâsî is there indirectly described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of Pratishṭhâna . For Pratishthâna , vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 ...
Page xxxv
... Raja of Ambherî . One of his descendants , Jayasimha II . , who flourished rather more than a century after him , provided the Obser- vatory with astronomical instruments . From Raja Mânasimha the building was called , from the first ...
... Raja of Ambherî . One of his descendants , Jayasimha II . , who flourished rather more than a century after him , provided the Obser- vatory with astronomical instruments . From Raja Mânasimha the building was called , from the first ...
Page 34
... Raja dwells , and is situated at Rámnagar , upwards of a mile to the south - east of S'iválá Ghát , on the opposite side of the river , where a considerable popu- lation has sprung up . At present , as has long been the case , the city ...
... Raja dwells , and is situated at Rámnagar , upwards of a mile to the south - east of S'iválá Ghát , on the opposite side of the river , where a considerable popu- lation has sprung up . At present , as has long been the case , the city ...
Page 35
... Raja Banár formerly ruled over Benares , and gave his own name to the city . 1 It would appear , that , with the followers of Bud- dha , the popular name of the city was not Káśí , but Benares ; and , on the other hand , that , while ...
... Raja Banár formerly ruled over Benares , and gave his own name to the city . 1 It would appear , that , with the followers of Bud- dha , the popular name of the city was not Káśí , but Benares ; and , on the other hand , that , while ...
Page 36
... Raja Vinayakapála , and may be as late as the middle of the eleventh century . Further information respecting the ancient city , being , for the most part , derived from the examination of ruins found in various places , and therefore ...
... Raja Vinayakapála , and may be as late as the middle of the eleventh century . Further information respecting the ancient city , being , for the most part , derived from the examination of ruins found in various places , and therefore ...
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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