Benares, the sacred city
Subtitle: sketches of Hindu life and religion
By: by E. B. Havell.  With many illustrations.
Publisher: Blackie & Son, limited
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London; Glasgow; Dublin; Bombay
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Hinduism.; Pilgrims and pilgrimages.; Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) -- Description and travel.
Table of contents: value: In the Vedic times.; value: The Hindu epics.; value: Hero-worship.; value: The advent of Buddha. Sarnath and the latest discoveries.  The Jains.; value: The rise of modern Hinduism.; value: In the city.; value: On the Ganges.; value: The ghâts. Asi Sangam to Nepâli ghât.; value: The ghâts. from Manikarnika to Barna Sangam.; value: The temples and sacred wells.; value: The Panch-tirth and the pilgrimage of the Panch-Kôsi road.  The pilgrimage of the soul.; value: Remains of old Benares.  A Hindu-Muhammadan riot. A weavers' colony.; value: Benares under British rule.