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  • 1brahman — n.; (also brahmin) [Written also Bramin.] Hindoo priest …

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  • 2Kambojas and Cambodia — Cambodia or Kambodia is the English transliteration of the French name Kambodge , which name stands for Sanskrit Kamboja (Persian Kambujiya or Kambaujiya ). In Chinese historical accounts, the land was known as Chenla. The ancient inscriptions of …

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  • 3Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam — The Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam (1784–1799) was a 15 year imprisonment of Mangalorean Catholics and other Christians at Seringapatam in the Indian region of Canara by Tipu Sultan, the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore …

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  • 4Indo-China — • The most easterly of the three great peninsulas of Southern Asia, is bounded on the north by the mountains of Assam, the Plateau of Yun nan, and the mountains of Kwang si; on the east by the province of Kwang si (Canton), the Gulf of Tong king …

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  • 5List of English words of Persian origin — As Indo European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto Indo European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. Examples of these include: English (Mother) and Persian (Madar), English (Father) and… …

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  • 6Adi Dharm — refers to the religion of Adi Brahmo Samaj the first development of Brahmoism and includes those Sadharan Brahmo Samajists who were reintegrated into Brahmoism after the 2nd. Schism of 1878 at the instance of Hemendranath Tagore [Particularly… …

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  • 7Ram Mohan Roy — Raja Ram Mohan Roy রাজা রামমোহন রায় Raja Ram Mohun Roy portrait Born 22 May 1772(1772 05 22) Radhanagore, Bengal Died 27 September 1833( …

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  • 8William Hope Hodgson's short stories — This page contains information about the short stories of William Hope Hodgson.=The Sargasso Sea Stories=For further details about William Hope Hodgson s Sargasso Sea cycle of stories, see the article on William Hope Hodgson s Sargasso Sea… …

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  • 9Buddhist art in Japan — Buddhism had an important role in the development of Japanese art between the sixth and the sixteenth centuries. Buddhist art and religion came to Japan from China, with the arrival of a bronze Buddhist sculpture alongside the sutras. Buddhist… …

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  • 10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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