Madhuri Desai is associate professor of art history and Asian studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She is the coeditor of Colonial Frames, Nationalist Histories: Imperial Legacies, Architecture, and Modernity.

Introduction | The Paradox of Banaras
1. Authenticity and Pilgrimage
2. Palimpsests and Authority
3. Expansion and Invention
4. Spectacle and Ritual
5. Order and Antiquity
6. Visions and Embellishments
Conclusion | Banaras Revisited

Madhuri Desai is associate professor of art history and Asian studies at the Pennsylvania State University. She is the coeditor of Colonial Frames, Nationalist Histories: Imperial Legacies, Architecture, and Modernity.