The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... native lexicographers . One of them , Panchanadatîrtha , " the quin- quamnian resort , " refers to five rivers , the Kiranâ , Dhûtapâpâ , Saraswati , Gangâ , and Yamunâ : किरणा धूतपापा च पुण्यतोया सरस्वती ...
... native lexicographers . One of them , Panchanadatîrtha , " the quin- quamnian resort , " refers to five rivers , the Kiranâ , Dhûtapâpâ , Saraswati , Gangâ , and Yamunâ : किरणा धूतपापा च पुण्यतोया सरस्वती ...
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... native records . As a queen , she has ever received the willing homage of her subjects scattered over all India ; as a lover , she has secured their affection and regard . Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a ...
... native records . As a queen , she has ever received the willing homage of her subjects scattered over all India ; as a lover , she has secured their affection and regard . Hiouen Thsang , the celebrated Chinese traveller , who , as a ...
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... its authority . Judging from the strong feelings of veneration and affection with which the native community regard her 1 Macaulay's Warren Hastings , p . 55 . in the present day , and bearing in mind that 10 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... its authority . Judging from the strong feelings of veneration and affection with which the native community regard her 1 Macaulay's Warren Hastings , p . 55 . in the present day , and bearing in mind that 10 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
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... native banker , who has made him- self rich by a long course of grinding extortion , or the fanatical devotee , more simple than a babe , yet sometimes guilty of the foulest crimes , still comes , as of old , from the remotest corners ...
... native banker , who has made him- self rich by a long course of grinding extortion , or the fanatical devotee , more simple than a babe , yet sometimes guilty of the foulest crimes , still comes , as of old , from the remotest corners ...
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... natives , and aided and sustained by innumerable resources and appliances of a material character , which give ... native society , even in this capital and fortress of idol- atry , he would imagine that the city was wholly devoted ...
... natives , and aided and sustained by innumerable resources and appliances of a material character , which give ... native society , even in this capital and fortress of idol- atry , he would imagine that the city was wholly devoted ...
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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