 Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man who should pass from the sacred city into the sacred river.  The countries of the world - Page 184by Robert Brown - 1876Full view - About this book
 | John Murray - 1919 - 994 pages
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 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1969 - 768 pages
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 | James Kennedy - 1993 - 428 pages
...Hindus from every province where the BrahirjaTITtal faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die, for it was believed' that a peculiarly...which allured strangers to that great metropolis. Cpmmerce had as many pilgrims as religion. All along the shores of the venerable stream lay great fleets... | |
 | William Ferguson Beatson Laurie - 1999 - 398 pages
...Hindoos from every province where the Brahminical faith was known. Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die ; for it was believed that a peculiarly...sacred river. Nor was superstition the only motive \vhicu allured strangers to that great metropolis. Commerce had a.> many pilgrims as religion. All... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Eleanor D. Kewer - 2000 - 768 pages
...and temples drew crowds of pious Hindoos from every province . . . Hundreds of devotees came thither every month to die — for it was believed that a peculiarly happy fate awaited the man t Some other parallels are mentioned in the endnotes. Î This source has been independently noticed... | |
 | James Kennedy - 2006 - 420 pages
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