The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 25
... stones were removed from Sárnáth and thrown into the river , to serve as a breakwater to the piers ; and that , in the erection of the second bridge , the iron one , from fifty to sixty cart - loads of stones from the Sárnáth buildings ...
... stones were removed from Sárnáth and thrown into the river , to serve as a breakwater to the piers ; and that , in the erection of the second bridge , the iron one , from fifty to sixty cart - loads of stones from the Sárnáth buildings ...
Page 41
... stone to the most fantastic shape , whole and mutilated , painted and un- painted , some without adornment , others decorated with garlands , or wet with sacred water , meet the eye in every direction . These remarks especially refer to ...
... stone to the most fantastic shape , whole and mutilated , painted and un- painted , some without adornment , others decorated with garlands , or wet with sacred water , meet the eye in every direction . These remarks especially refer to ...
Page 43
... stone a great many tiny carvings , each one represent- ing a temple . The separate blocks , therefore , on the work being completed , exhibited , from top to bottom , and on all sides , a mass of minute temples . These blocks are still ...
... stone a great many tiny carvings , each one represent- ing a temple . The separate blocks , therefore , on the work being completed , exhibited , from top to bottom , and on all sides , a mass of minute temples . These blocks are still ...
Page 49
... stones . All the worshippers carry offerings in their hands , consisting of sugar , rice , ghee ( or clarified butter ) ... stone already spoken of . He makes his obeisance to the god either by bowing his head - his hands being folded in ...
... stones . All the worshippers carry offerings in their hands , consisting of sugar , rice , ghee ( or clarified butter ) ... stone already spoken of . He makes his obeisance to the god either by bowing his head - his hands being folded in ...
Page 54
... stone pillars of which are in four rows , and are upwards of forty in number . The building is small , but has been designed and exe- cuted with considerable taste . It is of very recent date , having been erected in the year 1828 , by ...
... stone pillars of which are in four rows , and are upwards of forty in number . The building is small , but has been designed and exe- cuted with considerable taste . It is of very recent date , having been erected in the year 1828 , by ...
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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