The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... ground that the pre - Buddhist Hindus were as yet simple and unso- phisticated , and performed the rites of their religion , to a great extent , without idols or temples ; or , if with them , those objects were made of perishable ...
... ground that the pre - Buddhist Hindus were as yet simple and unso- phisticated , and performed the rites of their religion , to a great extent , without idols or temples ; or , if with them , those objects were made of perishable ...
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... ground , or transformed into mosques through the iconoclastic fervour of Aurungzeb , there is no means of knowing ; but it is not too much to say , that he was unsurpassed , in this feature of religious fanaticism , by any of his ...
... ground , or transformed into mosques through the iconoclastic fervour of Aurungzeb , there is no means of knowing ; but it is not too much to say , that he was unsurpassed , in this feature of religious fanaticism , by any of his ...
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... grounds for speculation . Káśí , the name most favoured by the Hindus , is considered to mean ' splendid . ' Varanasí is explained as a compound of Varaná and Así , which refer , it is conjectured , to the two streams bearing these ...
... grounds for speculation . Káśí , the name most favoured by the Hindus , is considered to mean ' splendid . ' Varanasí is explained as a compound of Varaná and Así , which refer , it is conjectured , to the two streams bearing these ...
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... ground for discouragement whatever , and must not be permitted to blind our eyes to the great transforming work which is being accomplished in Benares and in Northern India generally . I regard it as a movement , to a large extent ...
... ground for discouragement whatever , and must not be permitted to blind our eyes to the great transforming work which is being accomplished in Benares and in Northern India generally . I regard it as a movement , to a large extent ...
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... ground in front of a small clay figure , which , I ascertained , she had , with her own hands , manufactured that morning , and to which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel containing water , into which every ...
... ground in front of a small clay figure , which , I ascertained , she had , with her own hands , manufactured that morning , and to which she was solemnly paying homage . Close by was a brazen vessel containing water , into which every ...
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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