The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... exceed one mile . " Benares Illustrated , p . 12. Hiouen Thsang found Benares , in the seventh century , of not far from the same dimensions . Vide supra , p . xxvii . f THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS . CHAPTER I. xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
... exceed one mile . " Benares Illustrated , p . 12. Hiouen Thsang found Benares , in the seventh century , of not far from the same dimensions . Vide supra , p . xxvii . f THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS . CHAPTER I. xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
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An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. f THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS . CHAPTER I. ---
An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times Matthew Atmore Sherring. f THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDUS . CHAPTER I. ---
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... sacred city must , undoubtedly , be reckoned amongst the primi- tive cities founded by this people . When it was first built , and by what prince or patriarch , is altogether un- known . But of its great antiquity , stretching back ...
... sacred city must , undoubtedly , be reckoned amongst the primi- tive cities founded by this people . When it was first built , and by what prince or patriarch , is altogether un- known . But of its great antiquity , stretching back ...
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... sacred apes clung by hundreds . The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants , and ... sacred city into the sacred river . Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great ...
... sacred apes clung by hundreds . The traveller could scarcely make his way through the press of holy mendicants , and ... sacred city into the sacred river . Nor was superstition the only motive which allured strangers to that great ...
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... sacred writings of Ceylon , called the Játakas , which contain an immense number of tales relating to the life of Buddha and to the early history of his religion , are replete with references to Benares ; indeed , each Játaka is almost ...
... sacred writings of Ceylon , called the Játakas , which contain an immense number of tales relating to the life of Buddha and to the early history of his religion , are replete with references to Benares ; indeed , each Játaka is almost ...
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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