Banaras, the City RevealedExisting books on Banaras vary from evocative phot ographic treatments of the city and its picturesqu e riverside frontage to studies of present-day religious beliefs and practices. None of these, however, deal with the architecture and art of the city within a specific historical context. Banaras The City Revealed provides a close |
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| Title | Banaras, the City Revealed Volume 52; Volume 57 of Marg publications |
| Editors | George Michell, Rana P. B. Singh |
| Photographs by | Clare Arni |
| Illustrated by | Clare Arni |
| Contributor | National Centre for the Performing Arts (India) |
| Publisher | Marg Publications, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 8185026726, 9788185026725 |
| Length | 152 pages |
| Subjects | › › Travel / Asia / Southwest |
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