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| Title | Ghats and temples, Benares, ca. 1903 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1903 |
| Notes | Benares, The Ghats
PH Coll 257.35 |
| Contextual Notes | Varanasi, known during the British period as Benares, is considered the most sacred city of India. It lies along the Ganges at the one point where the river flows north and where someone sitting on the bank will therefore see the sun rise over the sacred |
| Location Depicted | India--Varanasi |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Ghats--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh); Hindu temples--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh); Rivers--India--Varanasi |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Architecture, Hindu--India--Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh); Ganges River (India and Bangladesh) |
| Digital Collection | International Collections
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| Order Number | INC0186
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | E. Reynolds India Photograph Album. PH Coll 257 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text at 150 dpi in greyscale, saved in JPEG format and resized to 768 ppi horizontal. Saved at compression rate 3. 2004 |
