The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 31
... believe it was the boast of Aláuddín , that he had destroyed one thou- sand temples in Benares alone . How many more were razed to the ground , or transformed into mosques through the iconoclastic fervour of Aurungzeb , there is no ...
... believe it was the boast of Aláuddín , that he had destroyed one thou- sand temples in Benares alone . How many more were razed to the ground , or transformed into mosques through the iconoclastic fervour of Aurungzeb , there is no ...
Page 32
... believe , to find twenty temples , in all Benares , of the age of Aurungzeb , or from 1658 to 1707. The same unequal proportion of old temples , as compared with new , is visible through- out the whole of Northern India . Moreover , the ...
... believe , to find twenty temples , in all Benares , of the age of Aurungzeb , or from 1658 to 1707. The same unequal proportion of old temples , as compared with new , is visible through- out the whole of Northern India . Moreover , the ...
Page 38
... believe , rather in- creasing than diminishing . Judged merely by its ex- ternal appearances , Hinduism was never so flourishing as it is now . With general prosperity and universal peace , and with a Government based on neutral ...
... believe , rather in- creasing than diminishing . Judged merely by its ex- ternal appearances , Hinduism was never so flourishing as it is now . With general prosperity and universal peace , and with a Government based on neutral ...
Page 53
... believe , the god S'iva resides . Tradition says , that , once on a time , no rain fell in Benares for the space of twelve years , and that , in consequence , great distress was experienced by the inhabitants . In order to provide water ...
... believe , the god S'iva resides . Tradition says , that , once on a time , no rain fell in Benares for the space of twelve years , and that , in consequence , great distress was experienced by the inhabitants . In order to provide water ...
Page 93
... believe , for the most part , correct . We shall see , in a future chapter , that the ancient Buddhist remains at Bakaríyá Kund are situated on the northern side of the city , or in Benares Proper . In addition , there are , in this ...
... believe , for the most part , correct . We shall see , in a future chapter , that the ancient Buddhist remains at Bakaríyá Kund are situated on the northern side of the city , or in Benares Proper . In addition , there are , in this ...
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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