The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... extent and consequences of his achievements . Mahomet cannot compare for a moment with him . He forced his religion on mankind by the sword ; and , after all , his adherents are much less than half as numerous as the devotees of ...
... extent and consequences of his achievements . Mahomet cannot compare for a moment with him . He forced his religion on mankind by the sword ; and , after all , his adherents are much less than half as numerous as the devotees of ...
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... extent , the trade of the country . But they do not speak to the masses , who never ask their opinion , and are never guided by their authority on any subject connected with their social or religious usages . Benares , on the contrary ...
... extent , the trade of the country . But they do not speak to the masses , who never ask their opinion , and are never guided by their authority on any subject connected with their social or religious usages . Benares , on the contrary ...
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... extent , without idols or temples ; or , if with them , those objects were made of perishable material . The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this ...
... extent , without idols or temples ; or , if with them , those objects were made of perishable material . The fact of no temples or other edifices having been discovered is regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this ...
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... extent , of stone ; especially seeing that various kinds of durable stone were easily procurable in India . If , on the other hand , the architects were natives who had learnt the principles of their art chiefly from Assyria or Persia ...
... extent , of stone ; especially seeing that various kinds of durable stone were easily procurable in India . If , on the other hand , the architects were natives who had learnt the principles of their art chiefly from Assyria or Persia ...
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... extent built of old materials . In these , more especially in their columns , may be traced a gradation of style . When we compare the simple bracket or cruciform capital and its plain square shaft and base , such as we find in the ...
... extent built of old materials . In these , more especially in their columns , may be traced a gradation of style . When we compare the simple bracket or cruciform capital and its plain square shaft and base , such as we find in the ...
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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