The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page ix
... Puranic form of Modern Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of 1 19 Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque . - The Well.
... Puranic form of Modern Hinduism . - Increase of Temples in Northern India . - Number of Temples in Benares . - Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of 1 19 Bisheswar , now a Mohammedan Mosque . - The Well.
Page x
... Mosque . - The Well Gyán Bápí . - Temple of Ad - Bisheswar . The Well Káśí Karwaț.- Temple of Saníchar . - The goddess Annpúrná and her temple.- Temples of Ganeś and Sukresśwar CHAPTER IV . Temple of Bhaironáth , the god - magistrate of ...
... Mosque . - The Well Gyán Bápí . - Temple of Ad - Bisheswar . The Well Káśí Karwaț.- Temple of Saníchar . - The goddess Annpúrná and her temple.- Temples of Ganeś and Sukresśwar CHAPTER IV . Temple of Bhaironáth , the god - magistrate of ...
Page xiii
... Mosque ; Hindu Temple of Kírtti Bisheswar . - Ancient Remains , No. VIII . , Chaukhambhá Mosque . - Ancient Remains , No. IX . , Aurung- zeb's Mosque , near Bisheswar Temple . - Ancient Remains , No. X. , Ad - Bisheswar Temple and ...
... Mosque ; Hindu Temple of Kírtti Bisheswar . - Ancient Remains , No. VIII . , Chaukhambhá Mosque . - Ancient Remains , No. IX . , Aurung- zeb's Mosque , near Bisheswar Temple . - Ancient Remains , No. X. , Ad - Bisheswar Temple and ...
Page xxxv
... mosques , constructed from their materials , were reared on their half - destroyed foundations . The Observatory ... mosque over the Jnânavâpi well . No one at all acquainted with Akbar's char- acter could give this silly legend the ...
... mosques , constructed from their materials , were reared on their half - destroyed foundations . The Observatory ... mosque over the Jnânavâpi well . No one at all acquainted with Akbar's char- acter could give this silly legend the ...
Page 28
... mosque behind the modern Bisheśwar temple , and also in the pillars of a Mohammedan cemetery in the neighbourhood of Tiliyá Nálá , with the elaborately ornamented columns of the mosque in the Ráj Ghát Fort , we are at once struck with ...
... mosque behind the modern Bisheśwar temple , and also in the pillars of a Mohammedan cemetery in the neighbourhood of Tiliyá Nálá , with the elaborately ornamented columns of the mosque in the Ráj Ghát Fort , we are at once struck with ...
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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