The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... capital there are twenty ( Hindu ) temples of the gods . " 1 And now , after the lapse of so many ages , this magni- ficent city still maintains most of the freshness and all the beauty of her early youth . For picturesqueness and ...
... capital there are twenty ( Hindu ) temples of the gods . " 1 And now , after the lapse of so many ages , this magni- ficent city still maintains most of the freshness and all the beauty of her early youth . For picturesqueness and ...
Page 17
... capital and fortress of idol- atry , he would imagine that the city was wholly devoted to the practice and ceremonies of heathenism , that no ray of light had penetrated its midnight darkness , and that it was an impracticable and ...
... capital and fortress of idol- atry , he would imagine that the city was wholly devoted to the practice and ceremonies of heathenism , that no ray of light had penetrated its midnight darkness , and that it was an impracticable and ...
Page 27
... capitals , pillars , bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their type , while others are crowded with ornamentation ; and both species are very different from the styles in modern use . The first species is ...
... capitals , pillars , bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their type , while others are crowded with ornamentation ; and both species are very different from the styles in modern use . The first species is ...
Page 28
... capital and its plain square shaft and base , such as we find in the pillars of the cloisters around the platform of Aurungzeb's mosque behind the modern Bisheśwar temple , and also in the pillars of a Mohammedan cemetery in the ...
... capital and its plain square shaft and base , such as we find in the pillars of the cloisters around the platform of Aurungzeb's mosque behind the modern Bisheśwar temple , and also in the pillars of a Mohammedan cemetery in the ...
Page 121
... capital , on the summit of which is a diminutive statue of a man . Between the columns , but raised above them , in a line with the central object beneath , is , likewise , another small statue of a man . Altogether , this delicate ...
... capital , on the summit of which is a diminutive statue of a man . Between the columns , but raised above them , in a line with the central object beneath , is , likewise , another small statue of a man . Altogether , this delicate ...
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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