The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... hundred years . It was originally meant , of course , as a poignant insult . Deservedly , it never obtained , it is believed , any currency . The Muhammadan names of Delhi , Agra , and Patna are of every- day use . Less familiar are ...
... hundred years . It was originally meant , of course , as a poignant insult . Deservedly , it never obtained , it is believed , any currency . The Muhammadan names of Delhi , Agra , and Patna are of every- day use . Less familiar are ...
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... hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in circumference . To the west is the capital , -near the Ganges , —which is from eighteen to nineteen li ( three miles and upwards ) long , and from five to six li ( about one mile ) broad . The ...
... hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in circumference . To the west is the capital , -near the Ganges , —which is from eighteen to nineteen li ( three miles and upwards ) long , and from five to six li ( about one mile ) broad . The ...
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... hundred temples of the ( Hindu ) gods , and about ten thousand heretics ( Hindus ) , who , for the most part ... hundred thousand ; but this is too low an estimate . The number of pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is very ...
... hundred temples of the ( Hindu ) gods , and about ten thousand heretics ( Hindus ) , who , for the most part ... hundred thousand ; but this is too low an estimate . The number of pilgrims annually visiting the city , moreover , is very ...
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... hundreds . The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants , and not less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bath- ing - places along the ...
... hundreds . The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants , and not less holy bulls . The broad and stately flights of steps which descended from these swarming haunts to the bath- ing - places along the ...
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... hundred to a thousand years , she gave the same support to Buddhism which she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Bud- dhist works of that era have abundant allusions to Benares , and clearly establish the fact that the Bud- dhist ...
... hundred to a thousand years , she gave the same support to Buddhism which she had previously given to the Hindu faith . Bud- dhist works of that era have abundant allusions to Benares , and clearly establish the fact that the Bud- dhist ...
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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