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100 _aDesai, Madhuri
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245 _aBanaras reconstructed : architecture and sacred space in a Hindu holy city
260 _aUniversity of Washington Press
_bSeattle
_c2017
300 _ax,292,ip.
505 _aCONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Paradox of Banaras 3 CHAPTER ONE Authenticity and Pilgrimage 17 CHAPTER TWO Palimpsests and Authority 30 CHAPTER THREE Expansion and Invention 73 CHAPTER FOUR Spectacle and Ritual n8 CHAPTER FIVE Order and Antiquity 154 CHAPTER SIX Visions and Embellishments 187 Conclusion: Banaras Revisited 211 Notes 215 Glossary 259 Bibliography 261 Index 279 Color plates appear after page 166.
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