The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... Ganges , through subterraneous channels , just in front of the Panchagangâ landing . 1 Relation des Voyages , etc. , by M. Langlès and Father Reinaud , Vol . I. , Preliminary Discourse , pp . XLVIII . , XLIX . 2 Father Reinaud's Mémoire ...
... Ganges , through subterraneous channels , just in front of the Panchagangâ landing . 1 Relation des Voyages , etc. , by M. Langlès and Father Reinaud , Vol . I. , Preliminary Discourse , pp . XLVIII . , XLIX . 2 Father Reinaud's Mémoire ...
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... Ganges . -Devotees and pilgrims . - Benares , the religious centre of India . THE early history of Benares is involved in much obscurity . It is , indisputably , a place of great antiquity , and may even date from the time when the ...
... Ganges . -Devotees and pilgrims . - Benares , the religious centre of India . THE early history of Benares is involved in much obscurity . It is , indisputably , a place of great antiquity , and may even date from the time when the ...
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... Ganges . Were only the epoch or epochs of the Mahábhárata satis- factorily settled , and were it really known what elements of that great work are pre - Buddhist and what post- Buddhist , the minds of men would be at least freed from ...
... Ganges . Were only the epoch or epochs of the Mahábhárata satis- factorily settled , and were it really known what elements of that great work are pre - Buddhist and what post- Buddhist , the minds of men would be at least freed from ...
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... Ganges , —which is from eighteen to nineteen li ( three miles and upwards ) long , and from five to six li ( about one mile ) broad . The villages lie very near together , and contain a numerous popu- lation . Families of great wealth ...
... Ganges , —which is from eighteen to nineteen li ( three miles and upwards ) long , and from five to six li ( about one mile ) broad . The villages lie very near together , and contain a numerous popu- lation . Families of great wealth ...
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... Ganges . Macaulay's graphic description of her appearance towards the close of the last century is , for the most part , applicable to her present state . He speaks of her as " a city , which , in wealth , population , dignity , and ...
... Ganges . Macaulay's graphic description of her appearance towards the close of the last century is , for the most part , applicable to her present state . He speaks of her as " a city , which , in wealth , population , dignity , and ...
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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