G. & J. Bartholomew
Varanasi (Benares) and environs, 1909
8 ½ x 10 in
21 x 25 cm
21 x 25 cm
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City plan of Varanasi (Benares), in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies on the River Ganges and is of significance within Hindu tradition as a place of...
City plan of Varanasi (Benares), in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The city lies on the River Ganges and is of significance within Hindu tradition as a place of pilgrimage and mourning. British Cantonment marked in yellow.
From the Imperial
Gazetteer Atlas of India, which accompanied the 1909 edition of The Imperial
Gazetteer of India. A multi-volume work first published in 1881 to the design
of Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900), reprinted many times in the following
years by different editors.
Printed colour. [IC2928]
The city lies on the River Ganges and is of significance within Hindu tradition as a place of pilgrimage and mourning. British Cantonment marked in yellow.
From the Imperial
Gazetteer Atlas of India, which accompanied the 1909 edition of The Imperial
Gazetteer of India. A multi-volume work first published in 1881 to the design
of Sir William Wilson Hunter (1840-1900), reprinted many times in the following
years by different editors.
Printed colour. [IC2928]
