Dasasamadhi Ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.

A ghat is formed by steps, especially a flight of steps at a river bank, where washing, cleansing and bathing take place

The Dasasamadhi Ghat, where Brahma was said to have sacrificed ten horses, is one of the five most celebrated places of pilgrimage in Varanasi, and also the main approach to the river (Archer op. cit.)

London (Historic Gallery Pall Mall) : Published as the act directs for Tho[ma]s Daniell by Rob[er]t Bowyer, May 1796.

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; platemark 49.5 x 65.2 cm.

Dusasumade Gaut, at Bernares, on the Ganges ; drawn and engraved by Thomas Daniell Bears number bottom right : XVI

Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, 420.17

Mildred Archer, Early views of India, London 1980, reproduced as no. 71

Wellcome Collection 27607i