The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... respecting this city at that early epoch . It is a fact , admitting of no dispute , that S'ákya Muni , the last and only really historical Buddha , on attaining the mysterious condition of Buddhahood under the Bodhi tree in the ...
... respecting this city at that early epoch . It is a fact , admitting of no dispute , that S'ákya Muni , the last and only really historical Buddha , on attaining the mysterious condition of Buddhahood under the Bodhi tree in the ...
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... themselves give us some glimpses of intelligence respecting the history of this city prior to the year of S'ákya's visit ; and these , although liable to some suspicion , have , nevertheless , in 6 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... themselves give us some glimpses of intelligence respecting the history of this city prior to the year of S'ákya's visit ; and these , although liable to some suspicion , have , nevertheless , in 6 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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... respecting the new doctrine ; should have thence gone forth to the gradual conquest of India , until the whole land substantially became converted to Buddhism , and sent forth missionaries to Ceylon and other parts , by whose agency ...
... respecting the new doctrine ; should have thence gone forth to the gradual conquest of India , until the whole land substantially became converted to Buddhism , and sent forth missionaries to Ceylon and other parts , by whose agency ...
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... respecting ancient India , that the appetite for these researches has become more and more strongly whetted , and the belief has ori- ginated that the Indian mine is rich and deep , and is ample enough to repay the efforts of a whole ...
... respecting ancient India , that the appetite for these researches has become more and more strongly whetted , and the belief has ori- ginated that the Indian mine is rich and deep , and is ample enough to repay the efforts of a whole ...
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... respecting Buddhist structures , that no built examples whatever exist in India of Buddhist temples ( chaityas ) and monasteries ( viháras ) ; and has , besides , apparently confounded Jaina and Buddhist monuments . Previously to the ...
... respecting Buddhist structures , that no built examples whatever exist in India of Buddhist temples ( chaityas ) and monasteries ( viháras ) ; and has , besides , apparently confounded Jaina and Buddhist monuments . Previously to the ...
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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