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Varanasi
Kashi, Banaras, Varanasi — a river city of learning and cremation, rebuilt in stone by Maratha patrons in the eighteenth century after centuries of sacking.
Ganges
c. 1200 BC
Kashi
Settlement on the Ganges' west bank.
c. 528 BC
Sarnath sermon
The Buddha teaches nearby.
1194
Sacking
Ghurid armies raze the temples.
1780
Rebuilding
Ahilyabai Holkar raises the new Vishwanath temple.