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Also often important in Indian religion are the medicine societies, so termed
because one of their important functions was ... The most famous medicine
society among the upper Great Lakes Indians was the Mide Society (Mide- wiwin,
or Grand ...
Also often important in Indian religion are the medicine societies, so termed
because one of their important functions was ... The most famous medicine
society among the upper Great Lakes Indians was the Mide Society (Mide- wiwin,
or Grand ...
Page 173
Like the Indians farther east, those of the upper Great Lakes area were greatly
affected by the fur trade. ... Among the Indians, there emerged a series of
prophets who attempted to revitalize Indian society and a series of chiefs who
attempted to ...
Like the Indians farther east, those of the upper Great Lakes area were greatly
affected by the fur trade. ... Among the Indians, there emerged a series of
prophets who attempted to revitalize Indian society and a series of chiefs who
attempted to ...
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It was the age of the universities of Nalanda The and Valabhl and of the rise of
Indian sciences, mathe- university matics, and astronomy. The university at
Nalanda owed at Nalanda its foundation to six generations of the Gupta kings. It
housed ...
It was the age of the universities of Nalanda The and Valabhl and of the rise of
Indian sciences, mathe- university matics, and astronomy. The university at
Nalanda owed at Nalanda its foundation to six generations of the Gupta kings. It
housed ...
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