The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 31
... present rulers , seized upon it for themselves . And thus it has come to pass , that every solid and durable struc- ture , and every ancient stone of value , being esteemed by them as their peculiar property , has , with very few ...
... present rulers , seized upon it for themselves . And thus it has come to pass , that every solid and durable struc- ture , and every ancient stone of value , being esteemed by them as their peculiar property , has , with very few ...
Page 32
... present day , blindly following the example of their predecessors of two centuries ago , commonly build their religious edifices of the same dwarfish size as formerly ; but , instead of plain , ugly buildings , they are often of elegant ...
... present day , blindly following the example of their predecessors of two centuries ago , commonly build their religious edifices of the same dwarfish size as formerly ; but , instead of plain , ugly buildings , they are often of elegant ...
Page 33
... present city , between it and the Barna , mausoleums , dargáhs , mosques , and even Hindu buildings , most of which are in ruins , are found in abundance , showing that , as late as the Mohammedan period , this portion of the city , now ...
... present city , between it and the Barna , mausoleums , dargáhs , mosques , and even Hindu buildings , most of which are in ruins , are found in abundance , showing that , as late as the Mohammedan period , this portion of the city , now ...
Page 34
... present Raja dwells , and is situated at Rámnagar , upwards of a mile to the south - east of S'iválá Ghát , on the opposite side of the river , where a considerable popu- lation has sprung up . At present , as has long been the case ...
... present Raja dwells , and is situated at Rámnagar , upwards of a mile to the south - east of S'iválá Ghát , on the opposite side of the river , where a considerable popu- lation has sprung up . At present , as has long been the case ...
Page 36
... present exists . I would premise , however , that such of the peculiarities of the city as are about to be referred to are by no means intended as an exhaus- tive catalogue of the whole . There are very many others , more or less ...
... present exists . I would premise , however , that such of the peculiarities of the city as are about to be referred to are by no means intended as an exhaus- tive catalogue of the whole . There are very many others , more or less ...
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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