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Page vii
I would express my warmest thanks to CHARLES HORNE , Esq . , C.S. , late
Judge of Benares , for his very valuable assistance in the archæological
researches described in this book , especially in Chapters xix . and xx . My thanks
are also ...
I would express my warmest thanks to CHARLES HORNE , Esq . , C.S. , late
Judge of Benares , for his very valuable assistance in the archæological
researches described in this book , especially in Chapters xix . and xx . My thanks
are also ...
Page ix
Macaulay's description of Benares . - Connexion of Benares with the religious
history of half the human - Its connexion with Buddhism . - Life and labours of
Buddha .-- Benares subsequent to the fall of Buddhism in India . -The Brahman .
Macaulay's description of Benares . - Connexion of Benares with the religious
history of half the human - Its connexion with Buddhism . - Life and labours of
Buddha .-- Benares subsequent to the fall of Buddhism in India . -The Brahman .
Page xi
Description of its Instruments.The Nepalese Temple 129 CHAPTER XI .
Daśášamedh Ghát and Temple . - Legend of Daśášamedh.Siddheswari Temple .
— Chandra Kúp , or Well of the Moon.Temple of the goddess Sankatá Deví . -
Sankatá ...
Description of its Instruments.The Nepalese Temple 129 CHAPTER XI .
Daśášamedh Ghát and Temple . - Legend of Daśášamedh.Siddheswari Temple .
— Chandra Kúp , or Well of the Moon.Temple of the goddess Sankatá Deví . -
Sankatá ...
Page xii
The Great Tower : Description of it by MajorGeneral Cunningham , and account
of his Excavations . — Age of Buddhist Topes or Towers . — Remains of a
Buddhist Monastery - Mr . Thomas's Account of them . — Discovery of large
numbers of ...
The Great Tower : Description of it by MajorGeneral Cunningham , and account
of his Excavations . — Age of Buddhist Topes or Towers . — Remains of a
Buddhist Monastery - Mr . Thomas's Account of them . — Discovery of large
numbers of ...
Page xxii
Kâsî is there indirectly described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of
Pratishthâna . For Pratishthâna , vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . It is , in my judgment
, very doubtful indeed that Ptolemy's Kaorida metamorphoses Kasi , as has been
...
Kâsî is there indirectly described as in the vishaya of Vârâņasî , in the bhukti of
Pratishthâna . For Pratishthâna , vide infra , p . xxv . , note 1 . It is , in my judgment
, very doubtful indeed that Ptolemy's Kaorida metamorphoses Kasi , as has been
...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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