Banarash - The oldest City in the world

Banarash - The oldest City in the world



 An engraving from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1861


"Diwali in Benares," from 'Le Tour du Monde', 1874

 "Great Mosque of Aurungzebe and Adjoining Ghats," a wood engraving from the Illustrated London News, 1875 (with modern hand coloring)
 "Ghaut at Benares," an engraving from the Illustrated London News, 1876
 "Mosque of Aurungzeb at Benares," a wood engraving by E. Therond, c.1878
 "A Pagoda, Benares," a wood engraving by Hildebrand and Moynet, 1878

 From "The Earth and its Inhabitants" by Elisee Reclus (D. Appleton and Company, 1884)

 A chromolithograph by E. T. Compton, 1892
 "A fakir's funeral," based on a painting by Edwin Lord Weeks; Illustrated London News, 1892
"The Last Voyage: A Souvenir of the Ganges," from a painting by Edwin Lord Weeks, 1894

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