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Benares, Kashi or Varanasi-an illustious place of pilgrimage and an idealized nucleus of faith-has been linked to jerusalem and mecca. it is acknowledge throughout the world as a core of the Hindu tradition and a seat of ancient learning. It is a city where infinity and continuity, the past and present live together. There are few cities in the world of greater antiquity and none that have so uninterruptedly maintained their ancient celebrity and distinction.Sherring's book written just after the freedom struggle of 1857, offer a piercing insight into the culture of the city as seen through the eyes of a European at that time. The book will also tell you why Benares has been for over two and a half thousand the pre-eminent sacred city of the Hindus and why it has a primary culture status on the map of India.