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... Ceylon ( modern Sri Lanka ) , India , and China . The Romans . Despite their undoubted skill as civil engineers , especially in the field of water supply , the Romans ' role in the evolution of dams is not remarkable for quantity or for ...
... Ceylon ( modern Sri Lanka ) , India , and China . The Romans . Despite their undoubted skill as civil engineers , especially in the field of water supply , the Romans ' role in the evolution of dams is not remarkable for quantity or for ...
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... ( Ceylon ) , and by settlers in areas of Southeastern Asia , southern and eastern Africa , and elsewhere . Brahui ( Brāhui ) , with 300,000 speakers in Pakistan , is isolated from all of the other members of the family . The four major ...
... ( Ceylon ) , and by settlers in areas of Southeastern Asia , southern and eastern Africa , and elsewhere . Brahui ( Brāhui ) , with 300,000 speakers in Pakistan , is isolated from all of the other members of the family . The four major ...
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... Ceylon reveal the essential quality in all Indian art : emphasis on a flowing , rhythmic contour to express movement and gesture . Drawings on palm leaf of the 11th century are similarly based on the use of line to depict mythological ...
... Ceylon reveal the essential quality in all Indian art : emphasis on a flowing , rhythmic contour to express movement and gesture . Drawings on palm leaf of the 11th century are similarly based on the use of line to depict mythological ...
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