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Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City by Madhuri Desai (Paperback, 2017)
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Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions, and ghats (riverfront fortress-palaces).
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Between the late sixteenth and early twentieth centuries, Banaras, the iconic Hindu center in northern India that is often described as the oldest living city in the world, was reconstructed materially as well as imaginatively, and embellished with temples, monasteries, mansions, and ghats (riverfront fortress-palaces). Banaras's refurbished sacred landscape became the subject of pilgrimage maps and its spectacular riverfront was depicted in panoramas and described in travelogues. In Banaras Reconstructed, Madhuri Desai examines the confluences, as well as the tensions, that have shaped this complex and remarkable city. In so doing, she raises issues central to historical as well as contemporary Indian identity and delves into larger questions about religious urban environments in South Asia.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
ISBN-139780295741994
eBay Product ID (ePID)236757480
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
Publication NameBanaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
AuthorMadhuri Desai
SeriesGlobal South Asia
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height254 mm
Item Weight658 g
Item Width178 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorMadhuri Desai
TopicReligious History, Hinduism
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