The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... remains of former buildings . But I am not aware that Colonel Wilford has any authority for speaking of " the old city of Benares , north of the river Burna , " which old city , he says , is sometimes called Sonitapura . Asiatic ...
... remains of former buildings . But I am not aware that Colonel Wilford has any authority for speaking of " the old city of Benares , north of the river Burna , " which old city , he says , is sometimes called Sonitapura . Asiatic ...
Page 18
... new and liberal ideas that are spreading over the country at large , she bids fair to fulfil the predictions of her truest and sincerest friends . ˇ 19 CHAPTER II . No Architectural remains dating prior to 18 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
... new and liberal ideas that are spreading over the country at large , she bids fair to fulfil the predictions of her truest and sincerest friends . ˇ 19 CHAPTER II . No Architectural remains dating prior to 18 BENARES , PAST AND PRESENT .
Page 19
... remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in India . — Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . - Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? Ancient remains ...
... remains dating prior to the third century before Christ yet found in India . — Ancient Hindu Edifices of the primitive period , not of a rude character . - Did the Hindus borrow from the Assyrian and Persian Sculptors ? Ancient remains ...
Page 24
... remains of them would be found . It is a circumstance highly favourable to the prosecution of this search , that the ancient abodes of the Aryan race in India have been , for the most part , well ascertained . All these places will , I ...
... remains of them would be found . It is a circumstance highly favourable to the prosecution of this search , that the ancient abodes of the Aryan race in India have been , for the most part , well ascertained . All these places will , I ...
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... remains of which are found at Sárnáth . A third archćologist , Mr. Thomas , late Judge of Benares , and a distinguished numismatist , trod in the same footsteps , only taking interest in the coins dis- covered in the city and in the ...
... remains of which are found at Sárnáth . A third archćologist , Mr. Thomas , late Judge of Benares , and a distinguished numismatist , trod in the same footsteps , only taking interest in the coins dis- covered in the city and in the ...
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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-laď 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