Title & Author:

Banaras : the city revealed / edited by George Michell and Rana P.B. Singh ; photographs by Clare Arni.

Publication:

Mumbai : Marg Publications on behalf of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2005.

Description:

152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 33 cm

Notes:
Accompanied by desk diary: Postage stamps, 2006. col. ill. ; 21 cm.
"Vol. 57, no. 2, December 2005"--T.p. verso; simultaneously issued in serial format as an issue of Mārg.
Includes bibliographical references (page 148) and index.
The urban setting : a panorama / Clare Arni -- City maps / Klaus Rötzer -- Growth of the city / Rana P.B. Singh -- Power and patronage : Banaras in the 18th and 19th centuries / Sandria B. Freitag -- Vestiges of the past / T.K. Biswas -- Mosques and tombs / Klaus Rötzer -- Ghats and riverside palaces / Julia A.B. Hegewald -- Temple styles / George Michell -- The Panchakroshi temple / Niels Gutschow -- The Mahamaya temple murals / Prem Shankar Dwivedi -- Houses and mansions, caravanserais and dharmashalas / Klaus Rötzer -- Wells, tanks, and gardens / Klaus Rötzer -- Churches and civic monuments : the British contribution / Christopher W. London -- Threats and prospects / Vrinda Dar -- Historical chart, 1300-2000.

Summary:

Contributed articles on historic buildings of Vārānasi city, Uttar Pradesh, India; with pictorial representation.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Table of contents

ISBN:

8185026726
9788185026725

Subject:

Architecture India Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Architecture India Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) Pictorial works.
Historic buildings India Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Religious architecture India Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Maisons historiques Inde Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Architecture religieuse Inde Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Architecture Inde Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
15.75 history of Asia.
Religious architecture
Historic buildings
Architecture
Buildings
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) Buildings, structures, etc.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India) Buildings, structures, etc. Pictorial works.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, Inde) Ouvrages illutrés.
India Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Varanasi

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Michell, George.
Singh, Rana P. B.
Arni, Clare.
National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)
Mārg̲.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 244926
Call No.: BIB 174580
Status: Available