Varanasi

Varanasi Reading a City

Hardback (31 May 2024)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A kaleidoscopic view of Banaras, Varanasi charts a narrative that spans from the city' s present day, to its origins as Kashi, and the fin de siè cle of the eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, which witnessed Varanasi' s inclusionary development as a cultural and pilgrimage centre, an opulent trading hub, and a basilica of political power.

Book information

ISBN: 9780670098408
Publisher: Penguin Random House India
Imprint: Ebury Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: -1g
Height: 254mm
Width: 203mm