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... to be of very secondary note . See the Ayeen Akbery , Vol . II . , Appendix , p .
28 . 2 I have met with this substitute for Benares in an Urdû book written within
the last hundred years . It was originally meant , of course , as a poignant insult .
... to be of very secondary note . See the Ayeen Akbery , Vol . II . , Appendix , p .
28 . 2 I have met with this substitute for Benares in an Urdû book written within
the last hundred years . It was originally meant , of course , as a poignant insult .
Page 8
Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a Buddhist pilgrim ,
visited India in the seventh century of the Christian era , describes Benares as a
kingdom “ about four thousand li ( six hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in ...
Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a Buddhist pilgrim ,
visited India in the seventh century of the Christian era , describes Benares as a
kingdom “ about four thousand li ( six hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in ...
Page 9
There are a hundred temples of the ( Hindu ) gods , and about ten thousand
heretics ( Hindus ) , who , for the most part , worship the god Ta - tseu - thsaï (
Maheśwara ) . Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown of
the head ...
There are a hundred temples of the ( Hindu ) gods , and about ten thousand
heretics ( Hindus ) , who , for the most part , worship the god Ta - tseu - thsaï (
Maheśwara ) . Some cut off their hair ; others preserve a tuft upon the crown of
the head ...
Page 11
Throughout the Buddhist period in India , - a period extending from seven
hundred to a thousand years , —she gave the same support to Buddhism which
she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Buddhist works of that era have
abundant ...
Throughout the Buddhist period in India , - a period extending from seven
hundred to a thousand years , —she gave the same support to Buddhism which
she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Buddhist works of that era have
abundant ...
Page 12
... and sent forth missionaries to Ceylon and other parts , by whose agency that
island , the empire of China , Japan , Burmah , Nepal , and Tibet , with their four
or five hundred millions of people , received the extraordinary dogma , the
gigantic ...
... and sent forth missionaries to Ceylon and other parts , by whose agency that
island , the empire of China , Japan , Burmah , Nepal , and Tibet , with their four
or five hundred millions of people , received the extraordinary dogma , the
gigantic ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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