The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 28
... Ghát Fort , we are at once struck with the contrast , and at the extraordinary de- velopment which the style - the same fundamentally in both instances has received . Various intermediate stages of diversity are represented in other ...
... Ghát Fort , we are at once struck with the contrast , and at the extraordinary de- velopment which the style - the same fundamentally in both instances has received . Various intermediate stages of diversity are represented in other ...
Page 29
... Ghát pillars , which are of singular excellency and purity of style , ought to be assigned , although I do not propose to claim for them so high an antiquity . But I do not suppose that the architectural remains scattered , for the most ...
... Ghát pillars , which are of singular excellency and purity of style , ought to be assigned , although I do not propose to claim for them so high an antiquity . But I do not suppose that the architectural remains scattered , for the most ...
Page 33
... and was its chief defence ; but now it is only a remote suburb , with a mere handful of people in its immediate neighbourhood . The second in point of time is the fort at S'iválá Ghát , some 3 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 33.
... and was its chief defence ; but now it is only a remote suburb , with a mere handful of people in its immediate neighbourhood . The second in point of time is the fort at S'iválá Ghát , some 3 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT . 33.
Page 34
... Ghát , some four miles further south - west in the midst of a dense population : it was the residence of Cheit Singh , in the time of Warren Hastings , but is no longer inhabited by the Rajas of Benares . The third fort is that in which ...
... Ghát , some four miles further south - west in the midst of a dense population : it was the residence of Cheit Singh , in the time of Warren Hastings , but is no longer inhabited by the Rajas of Benares . The third fort is that in which ...
Page 43
... Ghát , near the Mán Mandil Observatory . In regard to the number of idols of every description actually worshipped by the people , it certainly exceeds the number of people them- selves , though multiplied twice over : it cannot be less ...
... Ghát , near the Mán Mandil Observatory . In regard to the number of idols of every description actually worshipped by the people , it certainly exceeds the number of people them- selves , though multiplied twice over : it cannot be less ...
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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