The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... sacred writings . - Preference of the Old Fanes by Pilgrims . Trilochan Temple . - Legends respecting Trilochan . -The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from Worshipping in this Temple . - Kot Lingeswar . - Nának Shah , the Sikh ...
... sacred writings . - Preference of the Old Fanes by Pilgrims . Trilochan Temple . - Legends respecting Trilochan . -The Idolater's idea of the benefit resulting from Worshipping in this Temple . - Kot Lingeswar . - Nának Shah , the Sikh ...
Page xi
... Sacred Monkeys . - Legend of Durg and Durgá . — Durgá Kuṇḍ or Tank . - Kurukshetr Táláo or Tank . - The Lolárik Kúán or Well . - Ancient Sculptures 146 157 CHAPTER XIV . Temple of the Maharaja of Benares at CONTENTS . xi.
... Sacred Monkeys . - Legend of Durg and Durgá . — Durgá Kuṇḍ or Tank . - Kurukshetr Táláo or Tank . - The Lolárik Kúán or Well . - Ancient Sculptures 146 157 CHAPTER XIV . Temple of the Maharaja of Benares at CONTENTS . xi.
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... Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares . - Improvements suggested . . 169 CHAPTER XV . Barna Sangam , or Confluence of the Barna and Ganges.- Ad - keśav Temple . - Barna Ghát ...
... Sacred Boundary of Benares . - Pilgrimage of the Panch - kosí . -Sanitary condition of Benares . - Improvements suggested . . 169 CHAPTER XV . Barna Sangam , or Confluence of the Barna and Ganges.- Ad - keśav Temple . - Barna Ghát ...
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... sacred writings , as king of Benares ' very likely was not a mythe ; but there is no ground for crediting that Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to have reigned there during nineteen ...
... sacred writings , as king of Benares ' very likely was not a mythe ; but there is no ground for crediting that Gautama ever governed that city at all , notwithstanding that they represent him to have reigned there during nineteen ...
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... sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth com- memorating . On the monasteries , towers , and reser- voirs of the immediate ...
... sacred edifices of the pilgrim's fellow- religionists in the capital itself ; and the obvious in- ference is , that there were none , or none worth com- memorating . On the monasteries , towers , and reser- voirs of the immediate ...
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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