The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 51
... carving upon them is not particularly striking ; but the dome and tower glittering in the sun look like vast masses of burnished gold . They are , however , only covered with gold leaf , which is spread over plates of copper overlaying ...
... carving upon them is not particularly striking ; but the dome and tower glittering in the sun look like vast masses of burnished gold . They are , however , only covered with gold leaf , which is spread over plates of copper overlaying ...
Page 52
... carving or ornament . Within and without , its walls are besmeared with a dirty white- wash , mixed with a little colouring matter . Its most interesting feature is a row of Buddhist or Hindu columns in the front elevation . The ...
... carving or ornament . Within and without , its walls are besmeared with a dirty white- wash , mixed with a little colouring matter . Its most interesting feature is a row of Buddhist or Hindu columns in the front elevation . The ...
Page 54
... carved stone , from which a bell is suspended . Standing in this courtyard , the chief objects in which have been thus briefly described , and looking beyond in a north - westerly direction , the eye falls on a temple about sixty feet ...
... carved stone , from which a bell is suspended . Standing in this courtyard , the chief objects in which have been thus briefly described , and looking beyond in a north - westerly direction , the eye falls on a temple about sixty feet ...
Page 56
... carving . Not that the designs represented on them , although in some cases elegant , display any very remark- able ... carved ; and , in addition , the latter is crowded with figures inter- mingled with a multitude of short gilded ...
... carving . Not that the designs represented on them , although in some cases elegant , display any very remark- able ... carved ; and , in addition , the latter is crowded with figures inter- mingled with a multitude of short gilded ...
Page 58
... carved and ornamented after the Hindu fashion . The dome is sustained by pillars ; and between them a bell is suspended , which is kept almost constantly sounding ; for , as soon as one worshipper leaves it , another , having performed ...
... carved and ornamented after the Hindu fashion . The dome is sustained by pillars ; and between them a bell is suspended , which is kept almost constantly sounding ; for , as soon as one worshipper leaves it , another , having performed ...
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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