The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 29
... built by Lelat Indra Kesari , A.D. 657 , " which , if true at the time he wrote , is hardly true now . The same eminent writer has elsewhere hazarded the ob- servation , respecting Buddhist structures , that no built examples whatever ...
... built by Lelat Indra Kesari , A.D. 657 , " which , if true at the time he wrote , is hardly true now . The same eminent writer has elsewhere hazarded the ob- servation , respecting Buddhist structures , that no built examples whatever ...
Page 51
... built into the wall flanking this court . These are evidently not of modern manufacture . Their age , how- ever , does not seem to be known . The probability is , that they were taken from the ruins of the old temple of Bisheswar ...
... built into the wall flanking this court . These are evidently not of modern manufacture . Their age , how- ever , does not seem to be known . The probability is , that they were taken from the ruins of the old temple of Bisheswar ...
Page 54
... built in honour of the same deity . The bull is a gift of the Raja of Nepal ; and the temple , of the Rani of Hyderabad . On the south side of the colonnade is an iron palisade , in the enclosure of which are two small shrines , one of ...
... built in honour of the same deity . The bull is a gift of the Raja of Nepal ; and the temple , of the Rani of Hyderabad . On the south side of the colonnade is an iron palisade , in the enclosure of which are two small shrines , one of ...
Page 55
... built of very old materials , the pillars of which date as far back as the Gupta period , and possibly earlier . May not these old stones and pillars be remains of the original Bisheśwar ? Formerly a communication was open between the ...
... built of very old materials , the pillars of which date as far back as the Gupta period , and possibly earlier . May not these old stones and pillars be remains of the original Bisheśwar ? Formerly a communication was open between the ...
Page 64
... built of plain stone , terminating in a castellated parapet , from within which the beautifully - carved spire rises to a con- siderable height . The shaft is surrounded by an im- mense number of small domes , ascending , in successive ...
... built of plain stone , terminating in a castellated parapet , from within which the beautifully - carved spire rises to a con- siderable height . The shaft is surrounded by an im- mense number of small domes , ascending , in successive ...
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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