The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 186
... face ; the river Barna constitutes a wet ditch to the north and north - east faces ; while an abrupt depression of the ground to the north - west , said to be an old bed of the same stream , -completes the natural strength of the ...
... face ; the river Barna constitutes a wet ditch to the north and north - east faces ; while an abrupt depression of the ground to the north - west , said to be an old bed of the same stream , -completes the natural strength of the ...
Page 238
... faces , each twenty - one feet six inches in width , with intervals of fifteen feet between them . In each of the ... face is altogether plain . On the unfinished faces , portions of the unexecuted orna- mentation 238 BENARES , PAST ...
... faces , each twenty - one feet six inches in width , with intervals of fifteen feet between them . In each of the ... face is altogether plain . On the unfinished faces , portions of the unexecuted orna- mentation 238 BENARES , PAST ...
Page 239
... face , the same ornamentation of flow- ing foliage is continued below the niche ; and , in the midst of it , there ... faces and re- cesses . The middle band , which is the broadest , is formed entirely of various geometrical figures ...
... face , the same ornamentation of flow- ing foliage is continued below the niche ; and , in the midst of it , there ... faces and re- cesses . The middle band , which is the broadest , is formed entirely of various geometrical figures ...
Page 240
... plain projecting bands . " The breadth of one projecting face and of one re- cess is thirty - six feet six inches , which , multiplied by eight , give two hundred and ninety - two feet. 240 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... plain projecting bands . " The breadth of one projecting face and of one re- cess is thirty - six feet six inches , which , multiplied by eight , give two hundred and ninety - two feet. 240 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 241
... face there are four projecting stones , placed like steps - that is , they are not immediately over each other ; and above them there is a fifth stone , which is pierced with a round hole for the reception of a post , or , more probably ...
... face there are four projecting stones , placed like steps - that is , they are not immediately over each other ; and above them there is a fifth stone , which is pierced with a round hole for the reception of a post , or , more probably ...
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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