The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... remains of various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of buildings , here and there to be seen , of an early style of Hindu architecture , sculptured stones of many kinds are distributed amongst ...
... remains of various stages of antiquity . Independently of a few separate buildings , or parts of buildings , here and there to be seen , of an early style of Hindu architecture , sculptured stones of many kinds are distributed amongst ...
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... remains , so little has been done in their investigation , especially in comparing one with another , that the question of their antiquity cannot be at once decided . From an ignorance of primitive types , mistakes of five hundred or a ...
... remains , so little has been done in their investigation , especially in comparing one with another , that the question of their antiquity cannot be at once decided . From an ignorance of primitive types , mistakes of five hundred or a ...
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... remains scattered , for the most part in fragments , over this quarter of Benares , are all of Buddhist origin . At the same time , I must not forget the remark of Fergusson ( " Handbook of Architecture , " p . 100 ) , that " the ...
... remains scattered , for the most part in fragments , over this quarter of Benares , are all of Buddhist origin . At the same time , I must not forget the remark of Fergusson ( " Handbook of Architecture , " p . 100 ) , that " the ...
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... remains may be attributed equally to Hindu and Buddhist origin . The simple style of architecture , to which I have referred , was , without doubt , the earliest introduced into Benares , perhaps into Hindustan ; and , whether the work ...
... remains may be attributed equally to Hindu and Buddhist origin . The simple style of architecture , to which I have referred , was , without doubt , the earliest introduced into Benares , perhaps into Hindustan ; and , whether the work ...
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... remains of it are still standing . In its day it no doubt formed a part of the city , and was its chief defence ; but now it is only a remote suburb , with a mere handful of people in its immediate neighbourhood . The second in point of ...
... remains of it are still standing . In its day it no doubt formed a part of the city , and was its chief defence ; but now it is only a remote suburb , with a mere handful of people in its immediate neighbourhood . The second in point of ...
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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