The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Pillar of Siva . - Ancient Pillar . - Account of Dis- turbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown down . - The Ghazeepore Road . - Ancient Bridge over the Barna CHAPTER XVI . • Sivála Ghát . — The Old Fort . - Raja Cheit Singh ...
... Pillar of Siva . - Ancient Pillar . - Account of Dis- turbance in Benares when the Pillar was thrown down . - The Ghazeepore Road . - Ancient Bridge over the Barna CHAPTER XVI . • Sivála Ghát . — The Old Fort . - Raja Cheit Singh ...
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... Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist Temple . Remains of larger Temple . - Traces of Buddhist Monastery - • 271 ... Pillar standing in Sone ká Táláo.- Note . . 288 CHAPTER XXI . Source of the great wealth of Benares - Its chief Articles ...
... Pillars . - Remains of small Buddhist Temple . Remains of larger Temple . - Traces of Buddhist Monastery - • 271 ... Pillar standing in Sone ká Táláo.- Note . . 288 CHAPTER XXI . Source of the great wealth of Benares - Its chief Articles ...
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... pillars of Aśoka , which belong to this period , are the very earliest sculptured remains yet found . " Of these , " says Mr. Fergusson , " one is at Delhi ; having been re - erected by Feroze Shah in his palace , as a monument of his ...
... pillars of Aśoka , which belong to this period , are the very earliest sculptured remains yet found . " Of these , " says Mr. Fergusson , " one is at Delhi ; having been re - erected by Feroze Shah in his palace , as a monument of his ...
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... pillars , and ascer- tained its date . Moreover , the spirit of archæological inquiry has but slightly manifested itself among the British rulers of India . Of the large number of edu- cated Englishmen who have visited the country dur ...
... pillars , and ascer- tained its date . Moreover , the spirit of archæological inquiry has but slightly manifested itself among the British rulers of India . Of the large number of edu- cated Englishmen who have visited the country dur ...
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... pillars , and other edifices , with which the Assyrian monarchs adorned their cities . They were not lacking in genius , or in the desire for knowledge ; on the contrary , their minds investigated the highest subjects , and whatever was ...
... pillars , and other edifices , with which the Assyrian monarchs adorned their cities . They were not lacking in genius , or in the desire for knowledge ; on the contrary , their minds investigated the highest subjects , and whatever was ...
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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