The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... mosques existing in it . From his calculation , which was made with considerable care , there were , at that time , in the city proper , exclusive of the suburbs , 1,000 Hindu temples and 333 Mohammedan mosques . But this number of ...
... mosques existing in it . From his calculation , which was made with considerable care , there were , at that time , in the city proper , exclusive of the suburbs , 1,000 Hindu temples and 333 Mohammedan mosques . But this number of ...
Page 42
... Mosques . Kotwálí 261 19 Kál Bhairo 216 20 Ádhampurá 48 54 Jaitpurá Chetganj 30 97 ...... 53 32 Bhelápurá 154 16 ........ Dasáśamedh 692 34 ...... 1454 272 The Hindus have a strange fancy for accumulating idols in certain spots . Not ...
... Mosques . Kotwálí 261 19 Kál Bhairo 216 20 Ádhampurá 48 54 Jaitpurá Chetganj 30 97 ...... 53 32 Bhelápurá 154 16 ........ Dasáśamedh 692 34 ...... 1454 272 The Hindus have a strange fancy for accumulating idols in certain spots . Not ...
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... portion of the western wall of the Moham- medan mosque , which was built upon its site by this bigoted oppressor of the Hindus . Judging from the proportions of these ruins , it is manifest that the BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 51.
... portion of the western wall of the Moham- medan mosque , which was built upon its site by this bigoted oppressor of the Hindus . Judging from the proportions of these ruins , it is manifest that the BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 51.
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... mosque stands , Buddhist pillars , of a simple and very early type , forming recesses or rooms , but which were , originally , in all probability , cloisters , are distinctly visible . The mosque , though not small , is by no means an ...
... mosque stands , Buddhist pillars , of a simple and very early type , forming recesses or rooms , but which were , originally , in all probability , cloisters , are distinctly visible . The mosque , though not small , is by no means an ...
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... mosque , still pays , periodically , or did so not long since , the interest of money belonging to it , deposited in the Treasury , notwithstanding the Act lately passed for- bidding such a practice . Between the mosque and the temple ...
... mosque , still pays , periodically , or did so not long since , the interest of money belonging to it , deposited in the Treasury , notwithstanding the Act lately passed for- bidding such a practice . Between the mosque and the temple ...
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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