The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 155
... described ; but , in this case , a small shrine is attached to the pedestal . Near it is an old figure of Gaṇeś . In Kewal Galí a swing is hung up in what , at first sight , appears to be a shop . Beyond the swing , by the opposite wall ...
... described ; but , in this case , a small shrine is attached to the pedestal . Near it is an old figure of Gaṇeś . In Kewal Galí a swing is hung up in what , at first sight , appears to be a shop . Beyond the swing , by the opposite wall ...
Page 235
... described and so prominently distinguished by Hiouen Thsang . The mystery connected with these ruins , united with the indisputable fact that Buddhism once reigned para- mount in India , and that Benares was long one of its principal ...
... described and so prominently distinguished by Hiouen Thsang . The mystery connected with these ruins , united with the indisputable fact that Buddhism once reigned para- mount in India , and that Benares was long one of its principal ...
Page 250
... described . Major - General Cunningham's account of his excavations here , and of the views he entertains of the nature of the original buildings situated on this spot , I must trans- cribe , for the completeness of the narrative . It ...
... described . Major - General Cunningham's account of his excavations here , and of the views he entertains of the nature of the original buildings situated on this spot , I must trans- cribe , for the completeness of the narrative . It ...
Page 253
... described that the box was found in a small square hole , or chamber , only just large enough to hold it . I cleared out the whole of the rubbish , until I reached the thick circular wall which still exists . I then found that the relic ...
... described that the box was found in a small square hole , or chamber , only just large enough to hold it . I cleared out the whole of the rubbish , until I reached the thick circular wall which still exists . I then found that the relic ...
Page 255
... described . The other is two thousand five hundred feet to the south of it , and was once called Chaukandí , but is now called Lorí - kí - kúdan , or Lori's Leap , in consequence of a Hindu of the name of Lorí having leaped from its ...
... described . The other is two thousand five hundred feet to the south of it , and was once called Chaukandí , but is now called Lorí - kí - kúdan , or Lori's Leap , in consequence of a Hindu of the name of Lorí having leaped from its ...
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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-laď 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