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  2. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities - Wikipedia

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    The city of Hangzhou was founded about 2,200 years ago during the Qin dynasty. Kashgar: Shule Kingdom China: 2nd century BC The city of Kashgar was the capital of the Iranic Shule Kingdom and served as a major hub of the Silk Road. [150] Pyeongyang (as Wanggeom-seong) Gojoseon North Korea: 194 BC Built as the capital city of Gojoseon in 194 BC ...

  3. Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    The old city is located on the north shores of the Ganges, bounded by Varuna and Assi. [32] In the Mahabharata and in ancient India, the city is referred to as Kāśī from the Sanskrit verbal root kaś-"to shine", making Varanasi known as "City of Light", [33] [15] the "luminous city as an eminent seat of learning". [34]

  4. Benares State - Wikipedia

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    Raja Chait Singh of Benares State The Maharaja's Fort and palace in Ramnagar Maharaja of Benares with his courtiers in the 1870s. Banaras State, earlier Benares Estate, [1] was an estate, or hereditary jagir, comprising the family domains of the Maharaja of Benares—under the Nawabs of Oudh, East India Company rule, and the British Raj—that from 1911 to 1948 was recognized as a princely state.

  5. List of renamed places in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Old name New name Year of name change Ref. 1 Lawrence Garden Bagh-e-Jinnah: 2018 [6] 2 Montgomery Hall Quaid-e-Azam Library: 2018 3 Branthon Road Nishtar Road 4 Queen's Road Fatima Jinnah Road 5 Our Fall Road Jeelani Road 6 Tempbell Street Hameed Nizami Street [7] 7 Jail Road Allama Iqbal Road [6] 8 Davis Road Sir Aga Khan Road 9 Motilal Nehru Road

  6. Category:History of Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of Varanasi" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.

  7. Religion in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi, also known as Kashi, is considered as the religious capital of Hinduism.In the Hindu faith, it is the holiest of all of its cities; the four dhams (abode of gods) in the four cardinal directions of the country – Badrinath in the north, Puri in the east, Dwarka in the west and Rameshwaram in the south – are all represented in the city in "archetypal forms" as the presiding deities ...

  8. History of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    The History of Pakistan prior to its independence in 1947 spans several millennia and covers a vast geographical area known as the Greater Indus region. [1] Anatomically modern humans arrived in what is now Pakistan between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. [ 2 ]

  9. Kāśī (kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The capital of Kāśī was the city of Vārāṇasī, which was also named Ketumatī, Surundhana, Sudassana, Brahmavaddhana, Pupphavatī, Ramma, and Molinī. [ 1 ] History