The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... pilgrims . - Benares , the religious centre of India . THE early history of Benares is involved in much obscurity . It is , indisputably , a place of great antiquity , and may even date from the time when the Aryan race first spread ...
... pilgrims . - Benares , the religious centre of India . THE early history of Benares is involved in much obscurity . It is , indisputably , a place of great antiquity , and may even date from the time when the Aryan race first spread ...
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... pilgrimage , faithfully transmitting to them the high ambition which he himself received from his fathers . Unfortunately , Hindu writers have shown a singular neglect of chronology , and an utter distaste for noting and recording ...
... pilgrimage , faithfully transmitting to them the high ambition which he himself received from his fathers . Unfortunately , Hindu writers have shown a singular neglect of chronology , and an utter distaste for noting and recording ...
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... pilgrim ,. visited India in the seventh cen- tury of the Christian era , describes Benares as a kingdom " about four thousand li ( six hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in circumference . To the west is the capital , -near the Ganges ...
... pilgrim ,. visited India in the seventh cen- tury of the Christian era , describes Benares as a kingdom " about four thousand li ( six hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in circumference . To the west is the capital , -near the Ganges ...
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... pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is very large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps more , while the population of the sur- rounding villages is exceedingly dense . and balconies , and ...
... pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is very large , being one hundred and fifty or two hundred thousand , and perhaps more , while the population of the sur- rounding villages is exceedingly dense . and balconies , and ...
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... pilgrims as religion . All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandize . From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of ...
... pilgrims as religion . All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets of vessels laden with rich merchandize . From the looms of Benares went forth the most delicate silks that adorned the balls of St. James's and of ...
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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