The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 17
... existence and authority . Her thousands of temples , her myriads of idols , her swarms of pilgrims , her hosts of daily worshippers , together with the pomp and cir- cumstance and multifarious representations of idolatry , in their vast ...
... existence and authority . Her thousands of temples , her myriads of idols , her swarms of pilgrims , her hosts of daily worshippers , together with the pomp and cir- cumstance and multifarious representations of idolatry , in their vast ...
Page 73
... existence , and several of these are fast falling into ruin . Indeed , the aspect of the entire building is that of decay . The site of the other five courts , and of the gardens once attached to the temple , is occupied by dwelling ...
... existence , and several of these are fast falling into ruin . Indeed , the aspect of the entire building is that of decay . The site of the other five courts , and of the gardens once attached to the temple , is occupied by dwelling ...
Page 88
... existence was one of the reasons , perhaps the chief , for the settling of a population in its neighbourhood . No person in Benares can tell when the well was made ; but there is a reference to its existence in the Kásí- khanda . Steep ...
... existence was one of the reasons , perhaps the chief , for the settling of a population in its neighbourhood . No person in Benares can tell when the well was made ; but there is a reference to its existence in the Kásí- khanda . Steep ...
Page 112
... existence in this part of city , which is almost entirely inhabited by Hindus , affords the strongest proof of the rancour and violence with which the emperor Aurungzeb op- posed the idolatrous practices of the people , and en ...
... existence in this part of city , which is almost entirely inhabited by Hindus , affords the strongest proof of the rancour and violence with which the emperor Aurungzeb op- posed the idolatrous practices of the people , and en ...
Page 153
... existence . The statue is symmetrically pro- portioned , and its parts are finely chiselled . Hindu sculptors of the present day are utterly incapable of producing such a piece of workmanship ; and , therefore , one is curious to know ...
... existence . The statue is symmetrically pro- portioned , and its parts are finely chiselled . Hindu sculptors of the present day are utterly incapable of producing such a piece of workmanship ; and , therefore , one is curious to know ...
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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