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Page 170
... India . Its economic composition in some re- spects demonstrates India's peculiar fusion of the nuclear and cow - dung ages . The city contains the Indian Atomic Energy Commission's establishment , which includes nu- clear reactors and ...
... India . Its economic composition in some re- spects demonstrates India's peculiar fusion of the nuclear and cow - dung ages . The city contains the Indian Atomic Energy Commission's establishment , which includes nu- clear reactors and ...
Page 271
... India proved greater than he could solve . Soon after Aśoka's death , the Mauryan empire began to crumble . Although Buddhists seem to have suffered some perse- cutions during the subsequent Śunga - Kāṇva period ( 185- 28 BC ) ...
... India proved greater than he could solve . Soon after Aśoka's death , the Mauryan empire began to crumble . Although Buddhists seem to have suffered some perse- cutions during the subsequent Śunga - Kāṇva period ( 185- 28 BC ) ...
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... India , its health - care facilities are always overcrowded . Education . Education has long been a mark of higher social status in Calcutta . The city has been a centre of learning since the resurgence in Indian education that be- gan ...
... India , its health - care facilities are always overcrowded . Education . Education has long been a mark of higher social status in Calcutta . The city has been a centre of learning since the resurgence in Indian education that be- gan ...
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