The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... carved , from Bakaríyá Kund , on the con- fines of the city and not more than a mile from the college which he was erecting , without reflecting that they might possibly be relics of ancient buildings formerly situated on that site . As ...
... carved , from Bakaríyá Kund , on the con- fines of the city and not more than a mile from the college which he was erecting , without reflecting that they might possibly be relics of ancient buildings formerly situated on that site . As ...
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... carved devices . Moreover , from the quarry - marks engraved upon many of the stones found here , it is manifest that a portion of the buildings was erected about the era of the Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the ...
... carved devices . Moreover , from the quarry - marks engraved upon many of the stones found here , it is manifest that a portion of the buildings was erected about the era of the Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the ...
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... carved , as also , with a few exceptions , are the architraves ; and the carvings in one division are uniform . The carvings in the other division are bolder and more profuse , but , nevertheless , are totally free from degeneracy of ...
... carved , as also , with a few exceptions , are the architraves ; and the carvings in one division are uniform . The carvings in the other division are bolder and more profuse , but , nevertheless , are totally free from degeneracy of ...
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... carved externally , are so crowded with bass- reliefs and minute sculpturing , are so lavishly orna- mented , that the eye of the beholder becomes satiated and wearied . In regard to size , there is a marked dif- ference between the ...
... carved externally , are so crowded with bass- reliefs and minute sculpturing , are so lavishly orna- mented , that the eye of the beholder becomes satiated and wearied . In regard to size , there is a marked dif- ference between the ...
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... carvings , each one represent- ing a temple . The separate blocks , therefore , on the work being completed , exhibited , from top to bottom , and on all sides , a mass of minute temples . These blocks are still to be seen in various ...
... carvings , each one represent- ing a temple . The separate blocks , therefore , on the work being completed , exhibited , from top to bottom , and on all sides , a mass of minute temples . These blocks are still to be seen in various ...
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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