The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... buildings , is open to question ; but , if they were , it seems absurd to suppose that they should have erected edifices altogether of wood , while in their own country the public buildings were , to a large extent , of stone ...
... buildings , is open to question ; but , if they were , it seems absurd to suppose that they should have erected edifices altogether of wood , while in their own country the public buildings were , to a large extent , of stone ...
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... buildings partly if not entirely of stone were erected in India several hundred years preceding the third century B.C . , - the earliest date , as already remarked , of any monuments hitherto dis- covered , ―the probability is , that ...
... buildings partly if not entirely of stone were erected in India several hundred years preceding the third century B.C . , - the earliest date , as already remarked , of any monuments hitherto dis- covered , ―the probability is , that ...
Page 25
... buildings formerly situated on that site . As a fact , they were originally connected with a series of Buddhist edifices covering perhaps as much space as those structures the foundations and remains of which are found at Sárnáth . A ...
... buildings formerly situated on that site . As a fact , they were originally connected with a series of Buddhist edifices covering perhaps as much space as those structures the foundations and remains of which are found at Sárnáth . A ...
Page 26
... buildings , or parts of buildings , here and there to be seen , of an early style of Hindu architecture , sculptured stones of many kinds are distributed amongst the walls and foundations of the modern houses , and in all places ...
... buildings , or parts of buildings , here and there to be seen , of an early style of Hindu architecture , sculptured stones of many kinds are distributed amongst the walls and foundations of the modern houses , and in all places ...
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... building can be com- monly determined by observing merely a fragment of its ruins . In the case , however , of ... buildings which formerly stood in this part of Benares various stages of antiquity . Some of the capitals , pillars ...
... building can be com- monly determined by observing merely a fragment of its ruins . In the case , however , of ... buildings which formerly stood in this part of Benares various stages of antiquity . Some of the capitals , pillars ...
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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