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Varanasi is one of the oldest living cities in the world. Many names have been given to Varanasi, though its recently revived official appellation is mentioned in the Mahabharata and in the Jataka tales of Buddhism. It probably derives from the two rivers that flank the city, the Varana to the north and the Asi to the south. The great river banks at Varanasi, built high with 18th and 19th-century pavilions and palaces, are lined with an endless chain of stone steps – the ghats –
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