The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... TEMPLE TEMPLE AT MANIKARNIKÁ GHÁT RAJA OF NAGPORE'S GHÁT THE MINARETS THE NEPALESE TEMPLE PAGE Frontispiece 70 72 . 110 137 RÁM GHÁT 145 · GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . 240 No. II . 241 22 ...
... TEMPLE TEMPLE AT MANIKARNIKÁ GHÁT RAJA OF NAGPORE'S GHÁT THE MINARETS THE NEPALESE TEMPLE PAGE Frontispiece 70 72 . 110 137 RÁM GHÁT 145 · GREAT BUDDHIST TOWER AT SÁRNÁTH 236 CARVING ON THE BUDDHIST TOWER , No. I. . 240 No. II . 241 22 ...
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... temples , in all Benares , of the age of Aurungzeb , or from 1658 to 1707. The same unequal proportion of old temples , as compared with new , is visible through- out the whole of Northern India . Moreover , the dimi- nutive size of ...
... temples , in all Benares , of the age of Aurungzeb , or from 1658 to 1707. The same unequal proportion of old temples , as compared with new , is visible through- out the whole of Northern India . Moreover , the dimi- nutive size of ...
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... Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of Bisheswar , now a Moham- medan Mosque . — The Well Gyán Bápí . - Temple of Ad - Bisheswar . -The Well Kásí Karwat . — Temple of Saníchar . - The goddess Annpúrna and her ...
... Temple of Bisheswar , the idol - king of Benares . - Ancient Temple of Bisheswar , now a Moham- medan Mosque . — The Well Gyán Bápí . - Temple of Ad - Bisheswar . -The Well Kásí Karwat . — Temple of Saníchar . - The goddess Annpúrna and her ...
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... temple , they ornament its portico and walls with deities , or arrange them in rows in the temple en- closure . You may sometimes see twenty , fifty , and even a hundred of these idols in one place , many of which will perhaps receive ...
... temple , they ornament its portico and walls with deities , or arrange them in rows in the temple en- closure . You may sometimes see twenty , fifty , and even a hundred of these idols in one place , many of which will perhaps receive ...
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... temples , to throw them away . I recall to mind a remarkable instance of this . One day on entering the courtyard of the temple of Annpúrṇá , the goddess of plenty , my attention was arrested by an aged woman seated on the ground in ...
... temples , to throw them away . I recall to mind a remarkable instance of this . One day on entering the courtyard of the temple of Annpúrṇá , the goddess of plenty , my attention was arrested by an aged woman seated on the ground in ...
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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