Madhoray Ghaut, and the Minarets, Benares, from the River. From Prisnsep’s Benares Illustrated. Click on image to enlarge it.

The Province and District of Benares

The City Benares

Victorian and Edwardian Photographs

Nineteenth-Century Engravings of Benares

Bibliography

Blackie, Walker Graham. The Imperial Gazetteer: A General Dictionary of Geography, Physical, Political, Statistical and Descriptive. 4 vols. London: Blackie & Son, 1856. Internet Archive. Inline version of a copy in the University of California Library. Web. 7 November 2018.

Forrest, G. W. [On title-page: “Ex-director of Records, Government of India”]. Cities of India. London: Archibald Constable, 1903. Internet Archive online version of a copy in the University of California Library. Web. 25 November 2018.

Greaves, Edwin. Kashi, the City Illustrious, or Benares. The Indian Press: Allahabad, 1909. Online version of a copy in the University of California Library. Web. 23 November 2018.

Heber, Reginald. Narrative of a journey through the upper provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825. Philadelphia: Cary, Lea, and Cary & Son, 1829. Vol. 1. Internet Archive online version of a copy in the University of Princeton Theological Seminary Library. Web. 25 November 2018.


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