The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 26
... character visible through- out a very large section of it . Yet all the northern quarter of the city , a district little frequented by Euro- pean visitors , exhibits in abundance isolated specimens of architectural remains of various ...
... character visible through- out a very large section of it . Yet all the northern quarter of the city , a district little frequented by Euro- pean visitors , exhibits in abundance isolated specimens of architectural remains of various ...
Page 36
... character , and not perhaps of interest to the general reader , although of much importance to the archæologist and to all concerned in the physical aspects of old Benares , is given in several chapters towards the close of the volume ...
... character , and not perhaps of interest to the general reader , although of much importance to the archæologist and to all concerned in the physical aspects of old Benares , is given in several chapters towards the close of the volume ...
Page 52
... character , and composed both of Jaina and Hindu orders . Indeed , it is not impossible that a few slight traces of Buddhist architecture might be detected , also . What makes this latter supposition plausible is , that , on three sides ...
... character , and composed both of Jaina and Hindu orders . Indeed , it is not impossible that a few slight traces of Buddhist architecture might be detected , also . What makes this latter supposition plausible is , that , on three sides ...
Page 55
... character ; but , on the eastern side of the enclosure , the ground becomes considerably ele- vated , and upon it stands a mosque built of very old materials , the pillars of which date as far back as the Gupta period , and possibly ...
... character ; but , on the eastern side of the enclosure , the ground becomes considerably ele- vated , and upon it stands a mosque built of very old materials , the pillars of which date as far back as the Gupta period , and possibly ...
Page 63
... character of this personage has been forgotten ; and his emblem has been elevated to the rank of a substantive deity . But to return to Bhaironáth . The wall on either side of the door , leading into the enclosure , is decorated with ...
... character of this personage has been forgotten ; and his emblem has been elevated to the rank of a substantive deity . But to return to Bhaironáth . The wall on either side of the door , leading into the enclosure , is decorated with ...
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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