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ID: 7001509
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001509

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Vārānasi (inhabited place)  Vārānasi (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 19 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.3167  decimal degrees
Long: 083 00 37 E  degrees minutes   Long: 83.0104  decimal degrees

Note: One of seven sacred Hindu cities; it was the base of Aryan religion and philosophy by the 2nd millennium BCE. It was part of the trade routes that comprised the Silk Road. The city declined under Muslim rule beginning in 1194, and was later revived during Marāṭhā rule. Vārānasi is visited by over one million pilgrims every year.

Names:
Vārānasi (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Benares (C,V,English-P,U)
Varanasi (C,V)
Varanassi (C,V)
Banāras (C,V)
Banaras (C,V)
Banares (C,V)
Kāsi (C,V)  ............ earliest name
Kashi (NA,V,Hindi (transliterated),U)
काशी (NA,V,Hindi,U)
वाराणसी (NA,V,Hindi,U)
בנארס (C,U,Hebrew )
Kasi (H,V)
Kāśī (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bhārat (nation)  ........  Bhārat (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Uttar Pradesh (state)  ............  Uttar Pradesh (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Vārānasi (inhabited place)  ................  Vārānasi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
capital (H)  ............  Kāśī kingdom 6th cen. BC

Related geographic places:
located on ....  Silk Road .......... (road)
..................  (World) [7031416]

Sources and Contributors:
काशी..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
वाराणसी..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
בנארס..........  [IMJ]
..............  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Banaras..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 269
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1285
Banāras..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 8 January 2007
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Banares..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 8 January 2007
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Benares..........  [IMJ Preferred, VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 269
.................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1285
Kashi..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Kasi..........  [VP]
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1285
Kāśī..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 269
Kāsi..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 8 January 2007
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Vārānasi..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 269
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 7 January 2007
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-183
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1285
Varanasi..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 206
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1285
Varanassi..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 8 January 2007
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [IMJ, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 269
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 8 January 2007; accessed 7 January 2007
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2114217
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-183
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 206
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1285
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Forêt and Kaplony, Silk Road (2008) 162
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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