The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 66
... described . Here is , also , a famous well called Kál - kúp , or the Well of Fate . Over the trellis - work of the outer wall of the building is a square hole , which is so situated , in relation to the sun , that , at twelve o'clock ...
... described . Here is , also , a famous well called Kál - kúp , or the Well of Fate . Over the trellis - work of the outer wall of the building is a square hole , which is so situated , in relation to the sun , that , at twelve o'clock ...
Page 87
... described as that part of the city containing the well - the well being the most important and noticeable object there and so , gradually , the inhabitants associated the Mahalla with the well , and called them by the same name . The ...
... described as that part of the city containing the well - the well being the most important and noticeable object there and so , gradually , the inhabitants associated the Mahalla with the well , and called them by the same name . The ...
Page 114
... described , and , also , the goddess Machaudarí , an immodest figure , seated on a peacock . There is , likewise , in the same room , an image of the Rishi Durvásas , whose asceti- cism is said to have been so vigorous , that he was ...
... described , and , also , the goddess Machaudarí , an immodest figure , seated on a peacock . There is , likewise , in the same room , an image of the Rishi Durvásas , whose asceti- cism is said to have been so vigorous , that he was ...
Page 122
... - tensive verandah of the quadrangle contains several other figures of Ganes , of , apparently , as great anti- quity as those just described . 123 CHAPTER IX . THE Pisách - Mochan Tank . 122 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... - tensive verandah of the quadrangle contains several other figures of Ganes , of , apparently , as great anti- quity as those just described . 123 CHAPTER IX . THE Pisách - Mochan Tank . 122 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 132
... described the object he had in view in their erection , in his preface to the Zeej Mahommedshahy . In the Asiatic Researches , Vol . v . , this preface is given entire . A few quotations from this curious production may not be ...
... described the object he had in view in their erection , in his preface to the Zeej Mahommedshahy . In the Asiatic Researches , Vol . v . , this preface is given entire . A few quotations from this curious production may not be ...
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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