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Banaras

British  
/ bəˈnɑːrəz /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of Benares

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Escalating concerns about climate change's impact on global food security inspired researchers from Banaras Hindu University in India to create a way to explore how these factors influence crop yields.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

Meanwhile, Banaras focuses on vegetarian and vegan dishes from the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with dishes such as roasted wheat dumplings with spicy mashed veggies.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024

Still, other ancestral source populations, such as those from the steppe, remain somewhat “vague,” says biological anthropologist Gyaneshwer Chaubey at Banaras Hindu University.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 3, 2024

We sourced cloth from weavers in Banaras, India, whose textile designs date back hundreds of years, and printed the map on it to make a stole.

From Scientific American • May 20, 2023

Garhawal enjoyed a respite, until Rana Bahadur returned from Banaras, when he sent Amar Singha Karyi with 3000 fusileers, and an equal number of irregulars, to extend his territories to the west. 

From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Hamilton, Francis