Varanasi (English spelling)

Japanese: ワーラーナシー（英語表記）Vārānasī

It is a major holy site for Hinduism and Buddhism in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, and the capital of the district of the same name. It has a population of 929,000 (1991). It is located about 820 km to the capital Delhi in the northwest, and about 700 km to Calcutta in the southeast, at the midpoint of the main railway line and National Highway No. 2 that connect the two major cities. The city spreads out in a semicircle on the left bank of the holy Ganges River, which flows from south to north around here. During the 6th and 5th centuries BC, it was the capital of the Kashi state, one of the 16 great kingdoms, and the largest political, economic and cultural center in the middle Ganga basin.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インド北部，ウッタル･プラデーシュ州東部にあるヒンドゥー教，仏教の一大聖地であり，同名県の県都。人口92万9000(1991)。北西の首都デリーへ約820km，南東のカルカッタへ約700kmと両巨大都市を結ぶ幹線鉄道と国道2号線のほぼ中間点に位置する。市街地は，聖なるガンガー(ガンジス)川が，この付近で南から北へ流れる左岸に半円状に広がる。　前6～前5世紀ころには，十六大国の一つカーシー国の首都で，ガンガー中流域における最大の政治，経済，文化の中心都市であった。

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