The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 12
... period , he should have risen up and journeyed to Benares , and there delivered his primary discourse respecting the new doctrine ; should have thence gone forth to the gradual conquest of India , until the whole land substantially ...
... period , he should have risen up and journeyed to Benares , and there delivered his primary discourse respecting the new doctrine ; should have thence gone forth to the gradual conquest of India , until the whole land substantially ...
Page 13
... period of the revival of Hinduism down to the present moment , her influence has continued undi- minished . It is exceedingly difficult to convey a correct idea of either the nature or extent of this influence . Throughout the country ...
... period of the revival of Hinduism down to the present moment , her influence has continued undi- minished . It is exceedingly difficult to convey a correct idea of either the nature or extent of this influence . Throughout the country ...
Page 19
... period , not of a rude character . - Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city . - Mohammedan lust for Hindu edifices . -Shifting tendency of the ...
... period , not of a rude character . - Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? Ancient remains found chiefly in the northern quarter of the city . - Mohammedan lust for Hindu edifices . -Shifting tendency of the ...
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... period so late as the fourth century after Christ . It has been asserted , on strong authority , that no ancient temples or religious monasteries , apart from the cave structures , exist in India , on the ground that the pre - Buddhist ...
... period so late as the fourth century after Christ . It has been asserted , on strong authority , that no ancient temples or religious monasteries , apart from the cave structures , exist in India , on the ground that the pre - Buddhist ...
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... period , perhaps not one in a thousand has taken the smallest practical interest in bringing to the light of day its hidden historical trea- sures . It is a hopeful sign of the times , that curiosity on this subject is now being ...
... period , perhaps not one in a thousand has taken the smallest practical interest in bringing to the light of day its hidden historical trea- sures . It is a hopeful sign of the times , that curiosity on this subject is now being ...
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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