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The Sacred Ganges at Benares The Ganges is the holy river of India, and the Mohammedan writers were correct when they said that the Hindus regard it as a river " of ex- ceeding sanctity and as having its source in the paradise of heaven" (see />. 69). During the wars zvaged by Islam, as in earlier invasions, its waters were often reddened with Brahman blood shed by Moslem swords.