The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 28
... buildings was erected about the era of the Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the third or fourth century A.D. There are several ancient edifices in Benares , which , if not original , are certainly to a large extent ...
... buildings was erected about the era of the Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the third or fourth century A.D. There are several ancient edifices in Benares , which , if not original , are certainly to a large extent ...
Page 29
... building that we have of the Hindu religion in Hindustan is the great temple of Bhobaneswar ( in Orissa ) , built by Lelat Indra Kesari , A.D. 657 , " which , if true at the time he wrote , is hardly true now . The same eminent writer ...
... building that we have of the Hindu religion in Hindustan is the great temple of Bhobaneswar ( in Orissa ) , built by Lelat Indra Kesari , A.D. 657 , " which , if true at the time he wrote , is hardly true now . The same eminent writer ...
Page 30
... buildings erected after models found there . This entire subject will be dis- cussed in subsequent chapters , towards the close of this volume , in which some account of the archćology of Benares and its neighbourhood will be given in ...
... buildings erected after models found there . This entire subject will be dis- cussed in subsequent chapters , towards the close of this volume , in which some account of the archćology of Benares and its neighbourhood will be given in ...
Page 32
... build their religious edifices of the same dwarfish size as formerly ; but , instead of plain , ugly buildings , they are often of elegant construction . Some of them , indeed , are so delicately carved externally , are so crowded with ...
... build their religious edifices of the same dwarfish size as formerly ; but , instead of plain , ugly buildings , they are often of elegant construction . Some of them , indeed , are so delicately carved externally , are so crowded with ...
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... buildings on the cantonment road just alluded to , and in its neighbourhood . There is still a scattered population on the southern bank of the Barna , living in small villages or hamlets ; and , to the north of the present city ...
... buildings on the cantonment road just alluded to , and in its neighbourhood . There is still a scattered population on the southern bank of the Barna , living in small villages or hamlets ; and , to the north of the present city ...
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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