American writer Mark Twain wrote: ""Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together."" Agpang king talasulat a Americanung i Mark Twain: ""Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together."" (Ing Benares mas matua ya pa king amlat, mas matua ya king tradisiun, mas matua ya pati king alamat, at lupa yang makatadua katua kareting sablang deting piaben-abayan.)