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the last century , carted away an entire tope , or sacred tower , from the same vast
store - house , with which he built Jagat Ganj , a ward or district in the suburbs of
the city . The chief reason why Benares has been thus neglected is , in my ...
the last century , carted away an entire tope , or sacred tower , from the same vast
store - house , with which he built Jagat Ganj , a ward or district in the suburbs of
the city . The chief reason why Benares has been thus neglected is , in my ...
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might be utterly impracticable to collect the entire materials of any one building ;
but this is not necessary , seeing that the age of a building can be commonly
determined by observing merely a fragment of its ruins . In the case , however , of
...
might be utterly impracticable to collect the entire materials of any one building ;
but this is not necessary , seeing that the age of a building can be commonly
determined by observing merely a fragment of its ruins . In the case , however , of
...
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... in which case the above - mentioned fragmentary remains of a very old type ,
may have been chiefly brought from the primitive city , or may have been relics of
buildings erected after models found there . This entire subject will be discussed
...
... in which case the above - mentioned fragmentary remains of a very old type ,
may have been chiefly brought from the primitive city , or may have been relics of
buildings erected after models found there . This entire subject will be discussed
...
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The agents of the koțwál are stationed all along the Panch - kosí road , and are
the gods or idols located there , who are supposed to act as chaukidárs or
watchmen over the entire boundary . The office of these watchmen is to ward off
all evil ...
The agents of the koțwál are stationed all along the Panch - kosí road , and are
the gods or idols located there , who are supposed to act as chaukidárs or
watchmen over the entire boundary . The office of these watchmen is to ward off
all evil ...
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proportions of these ruins , it is manifest that the former temple of Bisheswar must
have been both loftier and more capacious than the existing structure ; and the
courtyard is four or five times more spacious than the entire area occupied by the
...
proportions of these ruins , it is manifest that the former temple of Bisheswar must
have been both loftier and more capacious than the existing structure ; and the
courtyard is four or five times more spacious than the entire area occupied by the
...
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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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