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... India . Bharhut is famous for the ru- ins of a Buddhist stupa discovered there by Maj . Gen. Alexander Cunningham in 1873 ; the stupa's sculptural remains are now mainly preserved in the Indian Museum , Calcutta , and in the Municipal ...
... India . Bharhut is famous for the ru- ins of a Buddhist stupa discovered there by Maj . Gen. Alexander Cunningham in 1873 ; the stupa's sculptural remains are now mainly preserved in the Indian Museum , Calcutta , and in the Municipal ...
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... India . The city is located on a tributary of the Ganges River , northeast of the Great Indian ( Thar ) Desert . Selected by the British in 1817 as a free- market site , it was incorporated as a munici- pality in 1867. A road and rail ...
... India . The city is located on a tributary of the Ganges River , northeast of the Great Indian ( Thar ) Desert . Selected by the British in 1817 as a free- market site , it was incorporated as a munici- pality in 1867. A road and rail ...
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... India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. He became the first viceroy of India in 1858 and played an important part in the work of reconstruction and conciliation in that colony . The youngest son of George Canning , he was a member of ...
... India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. He became the first viceroy of India in 1858 and played an important part in the work of reconstruction and conciliation in that colony . The youngest son of George Canning , he was a member of ...
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