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Ghats (Architecture)

LC control no.sh 93000791
Topical headingGhats (Architecture)
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Variant(s)Ghauts (Architecture)
See alsoStairs
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Found inWork cat.: 92-903703: Ravindran, K.T. The ghats of Mathura and Vrindavan, proposals for restoration, 1990: p. 165 (ghats: a flight of steps & platforms on the banks of a river, lake, or pond, which provides access to the water)
Web. 3 (ghat; ghaut)
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Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Sept. 15, 2020 (ghat: a broad flight of steps that is situated on an Indian riverbank and that provides access to the water especially for bathing)
Dictionary.com, Sept. 15, 2020 (ghat or ghaut: (in India) 1. a wide set of steps descending to a river, especially a river used for bathing. 2. a mountain pass. 3. a mountain range or escarpment.)
Lexico (Oxford dictionary) website, Sept. 15, 2020 (ghat (also ghaut): 1 (in South Asia) a flight of steps leading down to a river. 2 (in South Asia) a mountain pass.)