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The discoveries of the last few years have been so remarkable and abundant ,
and have contributed so many additions to our small stock of knowledge
respecting ancient India , that the appetite for these researches has become
more and ...
The discoveries of the last few years have been so remarkable and abundant ,
and have contributed so many additions to our small stock of knowledge
respecting ancient India , that the appetite for these researches has become
more and ...
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... more or less remarkable , which any one on the spot , interested in the subject ,
would , very likely , find to be deserving of his attention . 37 CHAPTER III .
PURANIC form of Modern Hinduism.- Increase 36 BENARES , PAST AND
PRESENT .
... more or less remarkable , which any one on the spot , interested in the subject ,
would , very likely , find to be deserving of his attention . 37 CHAPTER III .
PURANIC form of Modern Hinduism.- Increase 36 BENARES , PAST AND
PRESENT .
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It is remarkable , too , as showing the extent to which the spirit of idolatry has
permeated all classes , that pandits and thinking men , who ought to know better ,
join in the general practice . The only of ways . persons that do not heartily
engage ...
It is remarkable , too , as showing the extent to which the spirit of idolatry has
permeated all classes , that pandits and thinking men , who ought to know better ,
join in the general practice . The only of ways . persons that do not heartily
engage ...
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I recall to mind a remarkable instance of this . One day on entering the courtyard
of the temple of Annpúrņá , the goddess of plenty , my attention was arrested by
an aged woman seated on the ground in front of a small clay figure , which , I ...
I recall to mind a remarkable instance of this . One day on entering the courtyard
of the temple of Annpúrņá , the goddess of plenty , my attention was arrested by
an aged woman seated on the ground in front of a small clay figure , which , I ...
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Not that the designs represented on them , although in some cases elegant ,
display any very remarkable genius ; yet the execution of them is a marvellous
feat of chiselling . On the south side of Bisheswar stands one such temple .
Not that the designs represented on them , although in some cases elegant ,
display any very remarkable genius ; yet the execution of them is a marvellous
feat of chiselling . On the south side of Bisheswar stands one such temple .
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitzedward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner & Company, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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