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.; Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages.; Varanasi (India) -- Description and travel.
Table of contents: title: In the Vedic times.; title: The Hindu epics.; title: Hero-worship.; title: The advent of Buddha. Sarnath and the latest discoveries. The Jains.; title: The rise of modern Hinduism.; title: In the city.; title: On the Ganges.; title: The ghâts. Asi Sangam to Nepâli ghât.; title: The ghâts. from Manikarnika to Barna Sangam.; title: The temples and sacred wells.; title: The Panch-tirth and the pilgrimage of the Panch-Kôsi road. The pilgrimage of the soul.; title: Remains of old Benares. A Hindu-Muhammadan riot. A weavers' colony.; title: Benares under British rule.