The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 152
... capitals of the pillars are exceedingly faded . On a second platform , lower than that on which the Ti- lubhanḍeswar temple stands , is a peepul tree , resting- upon which is a large mutilated statue . Its head is two feet in height ...
... capitals of the pillars are exceedingly faded . On a second platform , lower than that on which the Ti- lubhanḍeswar temple stands , is a peepul tree , resting- upon which is a large mutilated statue . Its head is two feet in height ...
Page 232
... capital were twenty Hindu temples ; so that the rest must have been scattered over the province : but what proportion of the Buddhist monasteries were there likewise , he does not mention . Towers , with many stories , and magni- ficent ...
... capital were twenty Hindu temples ; so that the rest must have been scattered over the province : but what proportion of the Buddhist monasteries were there likewise , he does not mention . Towers , with many stories , and magni- ficent ...
Page 275
... capitals of which are in the form of a cross . The cornice decorating the walls is not of modern narrowness , but is twelve inches deep , and is ornamented with carvings of various elegant de- vices . As the building is divided into two ...
... capitals of which are in the form of a cross . The cornice decorating the walls is not of modern narrowness , but is twelve inches deep , and is ornamented with carvings of various elegant de- vices . As the building is divided into two ...
Page 278
... capitals of highly - enriched columns . To the south of the tank is a ghát , or broad flight of steps , the stones of which are scattered about in great disorder ; so that , looking at it from a distance , it has the appearance of an ...
... capitals of highly - enriched columns . To the south of the tank is a ghát , or broad flight of steps , the stones of which are scattered about in great disorder ; so that , looking at it from a distance , it has the appearance of an ...
Page 279
... capital ; and the latter is two feet six inches in length , and two feet four inches in width . The capitals of the outer pillars are somewhat larger than those of the inner , and are in the form of a cross , the extremities being ...
... capital ; and the latter is two feet six inches in length , and two feet four inches in width . The capitals of the outer pillars are somewhat larger than those of the inner , and are in the form of a cross , the extremities being ...
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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