The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... India , until the whole land substantially became converted to Buddhism , and sent forth missionaries to Ceylon and other parts , by whose agency that island , the empire of China , Japan , Burmah , Nepal , and Tibet , with their four ...
... India , until the whole land substantially became converted to Buddhism , and sent forth missionaries to Ceylon and other parts , by whose agency that island , the empire of China , Japan , Burmah , Nepal , and Tibet , with their four ...
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... India , it is natural that priestly influence should there be ex- ceedingly powerful . Everywhere in India , and not merely in this city in particular , the Brahman is a cha- racter , a study . No one , not even a foreigner newly ...
... India , it is natural that priestly influence should there be ex- ceedingly powerful . Everywhere in India , and not merely in this city in particular , the Brahman is a cha- racter , a study . No one , not even a foreigner newly ...
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... India . Many carry back with them the sacred water of the Ganges , in small bottles hermetically sealed , placed in baskets hanging from the extremities of poles , which they bear upon their shoulders . The poor deluded sensualist ...
... India . Many carry back with them the sacred water of the Ganges , in small bottles hermetically sealed , placed in baskets hanging from the extremities of poles , which they bear upon their shoulders . The poor deluded sensualist ...
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... India . It is not for her to fall back , and resign her position of influence . Her place is in the front rank . While all India is making progress , intellectually and morally , she must advance likewise . But she must do more . She ...
... India . It is not for her to fall back , and resign her position of influence . Her place is in the front rank . While all India is making progress , intellectually and morally , she must advance likewise . But she must do more . She ...
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... India . — Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . - Did the Hindus borrow from ... Indian civilization is proved , directly and indirectly , in so many ways , that it has come to be regarded as one of ...
... India . — Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . - Did the Hindus borrow from ... Indian civilization is proved , directly and indirectly , in so many ways , that it has come to be regarded as one of ...
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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