The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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Page 6
... reason why Gautama wished to commence his career from Benares , admits of no controversy . But , if Benares was so celebrated at that era , we must look away from it to preceding ages for the date of its foundation . The Buddhists ...
... reason why Gautama wished to commence his career from Benares , admits of no controversy . But , if Benares was so celebrated at that era , we must look away from it to preceding ages for the date of its foundation . The Buddhists ...
Page 20
... reason for supposing that some of the Bhilsa topes may be assigned to this epoch , while others are , undoubtedly , of a somewhat later date . Of the cave - temples , so interesting not only to the archæologist , but likewise to all ...
... reason for supposing that some of the Bhilsa topes may be assigned to this epoch , while others are , undoubtedly , of a somewhat later date . Of the cave - temples , so interesting not only to the archæologist , but likewise to all ...
Page 24
... reason to believe that solid 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 ...
... reason to believe that solid 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 ...
Page 26
... reason why Benares has been thus neglected is , in my judgment , attributable partly to its great ex- tent , and partly to the general ignorance as to the position of its ancient portions ; and , consequently , the explorer , in ...
... reason why Benares has been thus neglected is , in my judgment , attributable partly to its great ex- tent , and partly to the general ignorance as to the position of its ancient portions ; and , consequently , the explorer , in ...
Page 30
... reason to believe that only a small portion of even this quarter belonged to the most ancient city , in which case the above - mentioned fragmentary remains of a very old type , may have been chiefly brought from the primitive city , or ...
... reason to believe that only a small portion of even this quarter belonged to the most ancient city , in which case the above - mentioned fragmentary remains of a very old type , may have been chiefly brought from the primitive city , or ...
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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