Banaras, City of Light

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Columbia University Press, 1999 - History - 427 pages
"In BANARAS, Diana Eck . . . has written a notable book about this greatest of Indian pilgrimage sites. . . . Her brilliant, comprehensive book seems likely to remain for a long time the definitive work on this great Indian city".--WASHINGTON POST. 61 photos. 7 maps.

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Banāras, City of Light
Diana L. Eck
Snippet view - 1982
Banaras: CITY OF LIGHT
Diana L. Eck
No preview available - 2013
Banaras: City of Light
Diana L. Eck
No preview available - 1982

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About the author (1999)

Diana L. Eck is professor of comparative religion and Indian studies and director of The Pluralism Project at Harvard University. She is the author of many books, including Dar ́san: Seeing the Divine Image in India and the editor of On Common Ground: World Religions in America, a multimedia CD-ROM, both published by Columbia.

Bibliographic information

Title Banaras, City of Light
Author Diana L. Eck
Edition illustrated, reprint, revised
Publisher Columbia University Press, 1999
ISBN 0231114478, 9780231114479
Length 427 pages
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History / Asia / General
History / General
Religion / General
Religion / Hinduism / General
   
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