The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... before remarked , are so plentifully found in one part of the city , now contribute to the support or adornment of their edifices . Not con- tent with destroying temples and mutilating idols , with all 30 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... before remarked , are so plentifully found in one part of the city , now contribute to the support or adornment of their edifices . Not con- tent with destroying temples and mutilating idols , with all 30 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 31
... idols , with all the zeal of fanatics , they fixed their greedy eyes on whatever object was suited to their own purposes , and , without scruple or any of the tenderness shown by the present rulers , seized upon it for themselves . And ...
... idols , with all the zeal of fanatics , they fixed their greedy eyes on whatever object was suited to their own purposes , and , without scruple or any of the tenderness shown by the present rulers , seized upon it for themselves . And ...
Page 32
... idols , and these of no pre- tensions to beauty . The consequence is , that the Hindus of the present day , blindly following the example of their predecessors of two centuries ago , commonly build their religious edifices of the same ...
... idols , and these of no pre- tensions to beauty . The consequence is , that the Hindus of the present day , blindly following the example of their predecessors of two centuries ago , commonly build their religious edifices of the same ...
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... idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of Bisheswar , now a Moham- medan Mosque . — The Well Gyán Bápí . - Temple of ... idols , of monsters , of the linga and other indecent figures , and of a multi- tude of grotesque , ill - shapen ...
... idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of Bisheswar , now a Moham- medan Mosque . — The Well Gyán Bápí . - Temple of ... idols , of monsters , of the linga and other indecent figures , and of a multi- tude of grotesque , ill - shapen ...
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... idols , in Northern India . In Benares , temples have multiplied at a prodigious rate ; and this rate , at the present moment , is , I believe , rather in- creasing than diminishing . Judged merely by its ex- ternal appearances ...
... idols , in Northern India . In Benares , temples have multiplied at a prodigious rate ; and this rate , at the present moment , is , I believe , rather in- creasing than diminishing . Judged merely by its ex- ternal appearances ...
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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