The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. f THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS . CHAPTER I. ---
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. f THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS . CHAPTER I. ---
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. as they were now in an arúpa world , they could not receive its benefit . With affection for the ascetics who were dead , he looked to discover in what place ...
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. as they were now in an arúpa world , they could not receive its benefit . With affection for the ascetics who were dead , he looked to discover in what place ...
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. towns , and to other and distant lands , which ter- minated in the conversion to the Buddhist creed of the vast and densely - peopled countries of Eastern Asia ...
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. towns , and to other and distant lands , which ter- minated in the conversion to the Buddhist creed of the vast and densely - peopled countries of Eastern Asia ...
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. There is no other city which so appeals to his sympathies , which so entwines itself round his spirit , which so stirs his soul to its inmost depths . As Benares ...
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. There is no other city which so appeals to his sympathies , which so entwines itself round his spirit , which so stirs his soul to its inmost depths . As Benares ...
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... ancient city , being , for the most part , derived from the examination of ruins found in various places , and therefore of a technical character , and not perhaps of interest to the general reader , although of much importance to the ...
... ancient city , being , for the most part , derived from the examination of ruins found in various places , and therefore of a technical character , and not perhaps of interest to the general reader , although of much importance to the ...
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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