The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 27
... pillars , bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their type , while others are crowded with ornamentation ; and both species are very different from the styles in modern use . The first species is , doubtless ...
... pillars , bases , architraves , and mouldings are most severely simple in their type , while others are crowded with ornamentation ; and both species are very different from the styles in modern use . The first species is , doubtless ...
Page 28
... pillars of the cloisters around the platform of Aurungzeb's 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 ...
... pillars of the cloisters around the platform of Aurungzeb's 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 ...
Page 29
... pillars are of striking beauty , and , for grandness of con- ception , and correctness of execution , are scarcely sur- passed anywhere in India . Now , as some of the beauti- fully carved pillars at Bhilsa were set up in the second or ...
... pillars are of striking beauty , and , for grandness of con- ception , and correctness of execution , are scarcely sur- passed anywhere in India . Now , as some of the beauti- fully carved pillars at Bhilsa were set up in the second or ...
Page 30
... pillars , architraves , and various other ancient remains , which , as before remarked , are so plentifully found in one part of the city , now contribute to the support or adornment of their edifices . Not con- tent with destroying ...
... pillars , architraves , and various other ancient remains , which , as before remarked , are so plentifully found in one part of the city , now contribute to the support or adornment of their edifices . Not con- tent with destroying ...
Page 52
... 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 imposing object . It is ...
... 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 imposing object . It is ...
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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