The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern TimesTrübner & Company, 1868 - 388 pages |
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... thousand temples , 1 and their concomitants of holy harpies and willing victims , can ever have boasted a larger population , a prestige of greater potency , or more affluent prosperity . JULY , 1868 . F. H. Bishop Heber uninquiringly ...
... thousand temples , 1 and their concomitants of holy harpies and willing victims , can ever have boasted a larger population , a prestige of greater potency , or more affluent prosperity . JULY , 1868 . F. H. Bishop Heber uninquiringly ...
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... thousands of years . The Hindu ever beholds the city in one peculiar aspect , as a place of spotless holiness and heavenly beauty , where the spiritual eye may be delighted and the heart may be purified ; and his imagination has been ...
... thousands of years . The Hindu ever beholds the city in one peculiar aspect , as a place of spotless holiness and heavenly beauty , where the spiritual eye may be delighted and the heart may be purified ; and his imagination has been ...
Page 3
... thousands of years , has been to reverence the past , and to reflect upon and observe , with puncti- lious nicety , its religious ceremonies and social usages . Were the Hindus proverbially reckless in their state- ments and opinions ...
... thousands of years , has been to reverence the past , and to reflect upon and observe , with puncti- lious nicety , its religious ceremonies and social usages . Were the Hindus proverbially reckless in their state- ments and opinions ...
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... thousand separate manuscript works of which their ancient literature is said to be composed , on the historical correctness of which one can place much reliance . Legendary stories are so intermingled with real events , and the web of ...
... thousand separate manuscript works of which their ancient literature is said to be composed , on the historical correctness of which one can place much reliance . Legendary stories are so intermingled with real events , and the web of ...
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... thousand li ( six hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in circumference . To the west is the capital , -near the Ganges , —which is from eighteen to nineteen li ( three miles and upwards ) long , and from five to six li ( about one mile ) ...
... thousand li ( six hundred and sixty - seven miles ) in circumference . To the west is the capital , -near the Ganges , —which is from eighteen to nineteen li ( three miles and upwards ) long , and from five to six li ( about one mile ) ...
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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