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... represented at im- portant centres from Gujarat to Orissa ; one of them is Khajuraho , with a vast amount of ... represents a distinct idiom . The flatness of planes and angularity of contours are less pronounced , the figures retaining ...
... represented at im- portant centres from Gujarat to Orissa ; one of them is Khajuraho , with a vast amount of ... represents a distinct idiom . The flatness of planes and angularity of contours are less pronounced , the figures retaining ...
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... represented by texts of business and administrative character . There are also school texts in the form of simple exercises in writing signs and words . The Archaic Sumerian language is still very poorly un- derstood , partly because of ...
... represented by texts of business and administrative character . There are also school texts in the form of simple exercises in writing signs and words . The Archaic Sumerian language is still very poorly un- derstood , partly because of ...
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... represented . It may be as realistic depictions or diagrammatic and stylized abbrevi- ations of man and woman , god and goddess , masculine and feminine animals in the act of love and sexual union , as in reliefs on Hindu temples , or ...
... represented . It may be as realistic depictions or diagrammatic and stylized abbrevi- ations of man and woman , god and goddess , masculine and feminine animals in the act of love and sexual union , as in reliefs on Hindu temples , or ...
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