The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 166
... residence of the goddess , painted over with bright glaring colours . The idol within is covered with tin- selled cloth , and has a face of brass , or of silver , or of other kind of metal , according to the whim of the priests , who ...
... residence of the goddess , painted over with bright glaring colours . The idol within is covered with tin- selled cloth , and has a face of brass , or of silver , or of other kind of metal , according to the whim of the priests , who ...
Page 169
... residence of the Maharaja of Benares , is a hand- some temple , situated on the eastern side of a capacious tank . Its foundations were laid , and the finest portions of its tower was erected , about one hundred years ago , by Raja ...
... residence of the Maharaja of Benares , is a hand- some temple , situated on the eastern side of a capacious tank . Its foundations were laid , and the finest portions of its tower was erected , about one hundred years ago , by Raja ...
Page 200
... Resident received an order from the Board to remit the money , as he received it , by bills , to the Paymaster of Lieutenant - Colonel Carnac's detachment ; but these , from the lateness of the receipts , were not sent until the ...
... Resident received an order from the Board to remit the money , as he received it , by bills , to the Paymaster of Lieutenant - Colonel Carnac's detachment ; but these , from the lateness of the receipts , were not sent until the ...
Page 201
... Resident , Mr. Fowke , in the easy and indefinite terms mentioned above . His manners were evasive , pleading ( as I recollect , for I am not in pos- session of them , ) scantiness of the establishment , its employment in enforcing the ...
... Resident , Mr. Fowke , in the easy and indefinite terms mentioned above . His manners were evasive , pleading ( as I recollect , for I am not in pos- session of them , ) scantiness of the establishment , its employment in enforcing the ...
Page 202
... Resident , Mr. Markham . The number required was 2,000 , and afterwards reduced to the demand of 1,500 , and , lastly , to 1,000 , but with no more success . He offered 250 , but furnished none . " 1 It was not to be imagined that such ...
... Resident , Mr. Markham . The number required was 2,000 , and afterwards reduced to the demand of 1,500 , and , lastly , to 1,000 , but with no more success . He offered 250 , but furnished none . " 1 It was not to be imagined that such ...
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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