The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 26
... 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 judgment , attributable ...
... 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 judgment , attributable ...
Page 27
... entire materials of any one building ; but this is not neces- sary , seeing that the age of a building can be com- monly determined by observing merely a fragment of its ruins . In the case , however , of ancient Hindu remains , so ...
... entire materials of any one building ; but this is not neces- sary , seeing that the age of a building can be com- monly determined by observing merely a fragment of its ruins . In the case , however , of ancient Hindu remains , so ...
Page 30
... entire subject will be dis- cussed in subsequent chapters , towards the close of this volume , in which some account of the archæology of Benares and its neighbourhood will be given in detail . It is worthy of notice , as illustrating ...
... entire subject will be dis- cussed in subsequent chapters , towards the close of this volume , in which some account of the archæology of Benares and its neighbourhood will be given in detail . It is worthy of notice , as illustrating ...
Page 48
... entire boundary . The office of these watchmen is to ward off all evil from the sacred city , to contend with such enemies as they may meet with endeavouring to break in upon the outer inclosure , and to send in their reports to the god ...
... entire boundary . The office of these watchmen is to ward off all evil from the sacred city , to contend with such enemies as they may meet with endeavouring to break in upon the outer inclosure , and to send in their reports to the god ...
Page 52
... entire area occupied by the modern temple . The archi- tecture of the ruins seems to be of a mixed character , and composed both of Jaina and Hindu orders . Indeed , it is not impossible that a few slight traces of Buddhist architecture ...
... entire area occupied by the modern temple . The archi- tecture of the ruins seems to be of a mixed character , and composed both of Jaina and Hindu orders . Indeed , it is not impossible that a few slight traces of Buddhist architecture ...
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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