The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 30
... portion of even this quarter belonged to the most ancient city , in which case the above - mentioned fragmentary remains of a very old type , may have been chiefly brought from the primitive city , or may have been relics of buildings ...
... portion of even this quarter belonged to the most ancient city , in which case the above - mentioned fragmentary remains of a very old type , may have been chiefly brought from the primitive city , or may have been relics of buildings ...
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... portion of the city , now become its suburbs , was possessed of considerable magnificence , and , indeed , was a favourite place of resort to its Mohammedan rulers . The tendency of Benares to change its bound- aries for it shifts ...
... portion of the city , now become its suburbs , was possessed of considerable magnificence , and , indeed , was a favourite place of resort to its Mohammedan rulers . The tendency of Benares to change its bound- aries for it shifts ...
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... portion of the old city as existing " in the kingdom of Káśí . " At one time , therefore , during the prevalence of the Buddhist religion in India , the territory surrounding Benares , and including the city , was called the Kásí ...
... portion of the old city as existing " in the kingdom of Káśí . " At one time , therefore , during the prevalence of the Buddhist religion in India , the territory surrounding Benares , and including the city , was called the Kásí ...
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... portion of India , is Puranic , which , in all probability , originated in the country generally at the time when the Buddhist re- ligion began to lose its hold upon the people , or about the fifth or sixth century A.D. Vedantism more ...
... portion of India , is Puranic , which , in all probability , originated in the country generally at the time when the Buddhist re- ligion began to lose its hold upon the people , or about the fifth or sixth century A.D. Vedantism more ...
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... portion of his wealth , acquired in times of tranquillity and national prosperity , to sacred purposes . At the same time , he is quickened and stimulated in this desire , at the present day , by a strong and painful conviction that his ...
... portion of his wealth , acquired in times of tranquillity and national prosperity , to sacred purposes . At the same time , he is quickened and stimulated in this desire , at the present day , by a strong and painful conviction that his ...
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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