The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 19
... regarded as one of the ordinary truisms about which all the world is agreed . Yet it is remarkable that , although it admits not of the smallest question , no evidence in its favour should be afforded by any monu- ment of art hitherto ...
... regarded as one of the ordinary truisms about which all the world is agreed . Yet it is remarkable that , although it admits not of the smallest question , no evidence in its favour should be afforded by any monu- ment of art hitherto ...
Page 20
... regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion . Now , to say the least , it is exceedingly premature to hazard such an opinion founded on such a basis , inasmuch as the study Fergusson's Handbook of Architecture , p ...
... regarded as a powerful reason in substantiation of this assertion . Now , to say the least , it is exceedingly premature to hazard such an opinion founded on such a basis , inasmuch as the study Fergusson's Handbook of Architecture , p ...
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... regarded as of importance to themselves . But , it may be said , the Hindus borrowed their architecture from the Assyrians ; or the architecture of the two races was of a common origin . Both sup- positions may be true ; and , in my ...
... regarded as of importance to themselves . But , it may be said , the Hindus borrowed their architecture from the Assyrians ; or the architecture of the two races was of a common origin . Both sup- positions may be true ; and , in my ...
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... regarded as representing , in their own persons , the complete results of their strange religion . To speak plainly , and yet without extravagance , the moral nature of such Hindus has become so distorted , that , to a large extent ...
... regarded as representing , in their own persons , the complete results of their strange religion . To speak plainly , and yet without extravagance , the moral nature of such Hindus has become so distorted , that , to a large extent ...
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... regarded , by the natives , as a charming creature . She exhibits the taste of her sex in her fondness for orna- ments ; for , besides her necklace of jewels and her silver eyes , she occasionally wears a mask of gold 58 BENARES , PAST ...
... regarded , by the natives , as a charming creature . She exhibits the taste of her sex in her fondness for orna- ments ; for , besides her necklace of jewels and her silver eyes , she occasionally wears a mask of gold 58 BENARES , PAST ...
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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