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Benares, the sacred city, sketches of Hindu life and religion / by E.B. Havell ... With many illustrations.
LIBRA 915.42 H299
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Havell, E. B. (Ernest Binfield), 1861-1934.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Description and travel.
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 226 pages : frontispiece, illustrations (including plates). ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Glasgow : Dublin and Bombay, Blackie & son, limited, 1905.
- Contents:
- In the Vedic times.
- The Hindu epics.
- Hero-worship.
- The advent of Buddha. Sarnath and the latest discoveries. The Jains.
- The rise of modern Hinduism.
- In the city.
- On the Ganges.
- The ghātā. Asi Sangam to Nepāli Ghāt.
- The ghāts. From Manikarnika to Barna Sangam.
- The temples and sacred wells.
- The Panch-tirth and the pilgrimage of the Panch-kōsi road. The pilgrimage of the soul.
- Remains of old Benares. A Hindu-Muhammadan riot. A weaver's colony.
- Benares under British rule.
- OCLC:
- 253131
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