The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 25
... connected with a series of Buddhist edifices covering perhaps as much space as those structures the foundations and remains of which are found at Sárnáth . A third archæologist , Mr. Thomas , late Judge of Benares , and a distinguished ...
... connected with a series of Buddhist edifices covering perhaps as much space as those structures the foundations and remains of which are found at Sárnáth . A third archæologist , Mr. Thomas , late Judge of Benares , and a distinguished ...
Page 67
... throughout Hindostan , this well is held , by many , to be the most , or amongst the most , efficacious for bestowing salvation . Yet the story connected with its origin is wild enough BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 67.
... throughout Hindostan , this well is held , by many , to be the most , or amongst the most , efficacious for bestowing salvation . Yet the story connected with its origin is wild enough BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 67.
Page 68
... connected with its origin is wild enough . The author of the Kási - khanda , not in jest , as some might suppose , but gravely and soberly , furnishes the following account of the matter : — " The god Vishnu , " he says , " dug this ...
... connected with its origin is wild enough . The author of the Kási - khanda , not in jest , as some might suppose , but gravely and soberly , furnishes the following account of the matter : — " The god Vishnu , " he says , " dug this ...
Page 70
... connected together by walls and stairs of the same material . Before the ghát could be completed , the masonry began to sink ; and , on one occa- sion , so violent was the motion , that a loud report like the discharge of cannon was ...
... connected together by walls and stairs of the same material . Before the ghát could be completed , the masonry began to sink ; and , on one occa- sion , so violent was the motion , that a loud report like the discharge of cannon was ...
Page 76
... connected with the domestic life of the ruling god of Benares , is worth recounting . Raja Daksh , one of the heroes of the story , is still famous in Benares , and was , no doubt , a real personage . The wife of Siva , it seems ...
... connected with the domestic life of the ruling god of Benares , is worth recounting . Raja Daksh , one of the heroes of the story , is still famous in Benares , and was , no doubt , a real personage . The wife of Siva , it seems ...
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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