The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... monasteries , containing about three thousand 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 ( Maheswara ) . Some cut off ...
... monasteries , containing about three thousand 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 ( Maheswara ) . Some cut off ...
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... monasteries , apart from the cave structures , exist in India , on the 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 ...
... monasteries , apart from the cave structures , exist in India , on the 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 ...
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... monastery and temples , of which traces are found at Bakaríyá Kund , differ in their styles of architecture . Of the two small temples , parts of which , though possibly altered and transposed , are still standing , the pillars of the ...
... monastery and temples , of which traces are found at Bakaríyá Kund , differ in their styles of architecture . Of the two small temples , parts of which , though possibly altered and transposed , are still standing , the pillars of the ...
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... exist in India of Buddhist temples ( chaityas ) and monasteries ( viháras ) ; and has , besides , apparently confounded Jaina and Buddhist monuments . Previously to the Buddhist supremacy in India , we know BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 29.
... exist in India of Buddhist temples ( chaityas ) and monasteries ( viháras ) ; and has , besides , apparently confounded Jaina and Buddhist monuments . Previously to the Buddhist supremacy in India , we know BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 29.
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. 佰悦 Inn Photographed by D. Tresham , Esq . RÁM GHÁT . appropriated to a math or Hindu monastery . Among the.
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. 佰悦 Inn Photographed by D. Tresham , Esq . RÁM GHÁT . appropriated to a math or Hindu monastery . Among the.
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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