The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 10
... already the sacred city of the land , - the centre of Hinduism , and chief seat of its authority . Judging from the strong feelings of veneration and affection with which the native community regard her 1 Macaulay's Warren Hastings , p ...
... already the sacred city of the land , - the centre of Hinduism , and chief seat of its authority . Judging from the strong feelings of veneration and affection with which the native community regard her 1 Macaulay's Warren Hastings , p ...
Page 11
... already stated , but also Yasu , son of Sujáta , and his fifty - four royal companions or princes , embraced the new religion , and became believers in Buddha . Thus these sixty persons were the first , or amongst the first , dis ...
... already stated , but also Yasu , son of Sujáta , and his fifty - four royal companions or princes , embraced the new religion , and became believers in Buddha . Thus these sixty persons were the first , or amongst the first , dis ...
Page 18
... already commenced in 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 ...
... already commenced in 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 ...
Page 24
... already remarked , of any monuments hitherto dis- covered , ―the probability is , that , if a diligent search were instituted , some fragmentary remains of them would be found . It is a circumstance highly favourable to the prosecution ...
... already remarked , of any monuments hitherto dis- covered , ―the probability is , that , if a diligent search were instituted , some fragmentary remains of them would be found . It is a circumstance highly favourable to the prosecution ...
Page 30
... already stated , is much older than the rest ; but , after all , there is good reason to believe that only a small portion of even this quarter belonged to the most ancient city , in which case the above - mentioned fragmentary remains ...
... already stated , is much older than the rest ; but , after all , there is good reason to believe that only a small portion of even this quarter belonged to the most ancient city , in which case the above - mentioned fragmentary remains ...
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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