CONTENTS: Preface, 1. Shiva Arrives in Kashi, 2. Puranas and Kashi, 3. Rediscovering Ancient Kashi, 4. Kashi-800 BCE to 300 CE, 5. Kashi 300-500 CE, 6. Varanasi in the Early Medieval Period, 7. Krityakalpataru: A Dharma Nibandha Composed in Kashi, 8. Kashi during Sultanate and Mughal Rule, 9. Varanasi Desecrated, 10. Temples Continued to be Built in Kashi, 11. Traditional Intelligentsia in Kashi, 12. Viswanath Rises Again and Again, 13. Professor A S Altekar on Vishwanath Temple, 14. War of the Lat, 15. Caurasikrosi Kshetra and Pancakrosi Yatra, 16. Maratha Attempts to Acquire Hindu Holy Cities, 17. Reconstructing Varanasi, 18. Hindu Rajas at Varanasi, 19. Court Case on Gyanvapi in British India, 20. Devotees Knock for Justice, 21. The Temple Unveiled: ASI Report on Gyanvapi (2023), APPENDICES: Appendix 1: Excerpts from the Skanda Purana, Appendix II: Accounts of Some Foreign Vicitors to Kashi, Appendix III: Hindu Memorial, Appendix IV: Muslim Memorial, Appendix V: Case Filed by Din Muhammad, Appendix VI: Statement of Secretary of State in Council, Appendix VII: Statements of Kashi Residents in Civil Suit No. 62, Appendix VIII. Places of Worship Act 1991, Appendi IX: The Waqf Act 1995, KASHI ILLUSTRATED: Maps, Prints, Photographs and Paintings, References, Index, 307pp,.