The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 41
... considerable care , there were , at that time , in the city proper , exclusive of the suburbs , 1,000 Hindu temples and 333 Mohammedan mosques . But this number of temples , which has since been much in- creased , did not include , I ...
... considerable care , there were , at that time , in the city proper , exclusive of the suburbs , 1,000 Hindu temples and 333 Mohammedan mosques . But this number of temples , which has since been much in- creased , did not include , I ...
Page 54
... considerable taste . It is of very recent date , having been erected in the year 1828 , by " Sri Maut Baija Bai , " widow of " Sri Maut Dowlat Rao Sindhia Bahadoor , " of Gwalior . Immediately to the east of this colonnade is the figure ...
... considerable taste . It is of very recent date , having been erected in the year 1828 , by " Sri Maut Baija Bai , " widow of " Sri Maut Dowlat Rao Sindhia Bahadoor , " of Gwalior . Immediately to the east of this colonnade is the figure ...
Page 55
... 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 earlier . May not these old stones and pillars be remains of the original ...
... 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 earlier . May not these old stones and pillars be remains of the original ...
Page 76
... considerable interest on account of the singular legends associated with them . That on the right is called Már- kanḍeśwar . Márkaṇḍa was a Rishi , whom Mahadeva , it is said , for his piety , endowed with immortality ; and who , in ...
... considerable interest on account of the singular legends associated with them . That on the right is called Már- kanḍeśwar . Márkaṇḍa was a Rishi , whom Mahadeva , it is said , for his piety , endowed with immortality ; and who , in ...
Page 80
... considerable ; and it is the resort of a large number of worshippers , who seek for themselves and their friends an escape from sickness and death . In the streets leading to the Briddhkál temple , a melá or 80 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... considerable ; and it is the resort of a large number of worshippers , who seek for themselves and their friends an escape from sickness and death . In the streets leading to the Briddhkál temple , a melá or 80 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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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