Banaras urban forms and cultural histories

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-244) and index.

City of negotiations : urban space and narrative in Banaras / Madhuri Desai -- Material truths and religious identities : the archaeological and photographic making of Banaras / Sudeshna Guha -- Hiding in plain sight : Gosains on the Ghats, 1809 / William R. Pinch -- The lost and small histories of the city of patronage : poor Mughal pensioners in colonial Banaras / Malavika Kasturi -- The shadows of modernity in Banaras / Michael S. Dodson -- A Hindu temple of learning : the hybridization of religion and architecture / Leah Renold -- Literary modernity in the holy city / Vasudha Dalmia -- 'The alleyways of Banaras' and 'The Ka'aba of Hindustan' : Varanasi through Banarsi Muslim poetry / Christopher R. Lee.