मारक त्वाइन , सासे इंलिस लिरगिरि आरो रनसाय - लिरगिरि , जाय सल' आरो बानारसनि गोथारथिजों मुहिजादोंमोना , खेबसे लिरदोंमोन : " बानारसा जारिमिननि ख्रुइ गोजामसिन , सल'नि ख्रुइबो गोजामसिन आरो गासैखौबो ज'खालामनानै नै गुन गोजाम नुयो ।
Mark Twain the English author and littérateur who was enthralled by the legend and sanctity of Banaras once wrote Banaras is older than history older than tradition older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together .