About the Book: Situating Banaras in the 19th Century An Era of
Banaras stands in the midway of Indian sub-continent as a role maker during the
hey day of Britishers in India. In this study of the British impact and the
socio-economic and political transition witnessed by half a century since 1795
one can purposefully find the traces of all round role of the Banaras region in
Indian conceptual frame work either way sacred and secular from early times
through the medieval period and the establishment of the British authority. To
this credit and erudition the author Professor Dr. K.P. Mishra, former Head,
Department of Medieval and