The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... five centuries ago , at the least , it was famous . When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy , when Tyre was planting her colonies , when Athens was growing in strength , before Rome had become known , or Greece had ...
... five centuries ago , at the least , it was famous . When Babylon was struggling with Nineveh for supremacy , when Tyre was planting her colonies , when Athens was growing in strength , before Rome had become known , or Greece had ...
Page 8
... five to six li ( about one mile ) broad . The villages lie very near together , and contain a numerous popu- lation . Families of great wealth , whose houses are filled with rare and precious things , are to be seen . The people are ...
... five to six li ( about one mile ) broad . The villages lie very near together , and contain a numerous popu- lation . Families of great wealth , whose houses are filled with rare and precious things , are to be seen . The people are ...
Page 11
... five Bhikshus , as already stated , but also Yasu , son of Sujáta , and his fifty - four royal companions or princes , embraced the new religion , and became believers in Buddha . Thus these sixty persons were the first , or amongst the ...
... five Bhikshus , as already stated , but also Yasu , son of Sujáta , and his fifty - four royal companions or princes , embraced the new religion , and became believers in Buddha . Thus these sixty persons were the first , or amongst the ...
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... five years and upwards , pondering over the religion , the priestcraft , false dogmas , loose morality , uncertainty , doubt , and confusion of his times , under which the nation groaned ; that he should have come to the con- clusion ...
... five years and upwards , pondering over the religion , the priestcraft , false dogmas , loose morality , uncertainty , doubt , and confusion of his times , under which the nation groaned ; that he should have come to the con- clusion ...
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... demeanour different from those of ordinary mortals . In Benares there are not fewer than from twenty to twenty - five thousand Brahmans . They have control over the temples , the sacred wells , streams , BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 15.
... demeanour different from those of ordinary mortals . In Benares there are not fewer than from twenty to twenty - five thousand Brahmans . They have control over the temples , the sacred wells , streams , BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 15.
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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