The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in print , in contributions to the Calcutta Review and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , and in a Lecture delivered before the Benares Institute , published in the vi ...
... Portions of this work have , at various times , appeared in print , in contributions to the Calcutta Review and the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal , and in a Lecture delivered before the Benares Institute , published in the vi ...
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... who are devoted to a studious life . The greater portion of them believe in the heretical doctrines ( of Hinduism ) , and few have respect for the Law ( religion ) monks . • ˇ • of Buddha . The climate 8 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... who are devoted to a studious life . The greater portion of them believe in the heretical doctrines ( of Hinduism ) , and few have respect for the Law ( religion ) monks . • ˇ • of Buddha . The climate 8 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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... portion of the country , that they attained to greatness and glory , and made wonderful progress in civilization , equalling , if not surpassing , their contemporaries in other parts of Asia , and yet , that , during all 22 BENARES ...
... portion of the country , that they attained to greatness and glory , and made wonderful progress in civilization , equalling , if not surpassing , their contemporaries in other parts of Asia , and yet , that , during all 22 BENARES ...
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... portions ; and , consequently , the explorer , in commencing his task , has been in consider- able doubt where to ... portion of it . Moreover , the very scattered nature of these remains shows that a considerable period has elapsed ...
... portions ; and , consequently , the explorer , in commencing his task , has been in consider- able doubt where to ... portion of it . Moreover , the very scattered nature of these remains shows that a considerable period has elapsed ...
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... portion of the buildings was erected about the era of the Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the third or fourth century A.D. There are several ancient edifices in Benares , which , if not original , are certainly to ...
... portion of the buildings was erected about the era of the Gupta dynasty , or perhaps from the first or second to the third or fourth century A.D. There are several ancient edifices in Benares , which , if not original , are certainly to ...
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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-laď 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