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part of a family of languages known as Indo-European.
This
part of one such hymn, a dialogue between a sage named Vishvamitra, and two rivers, (Beas and Sutlej) that were worshipped as goddesses.
It
now preserved in a library in Pune, Maharashtra.
That
why the rivers are compared to horses and cows.
This type of megalith
known as a cist.
It
a site on the river Ghod, a tributary of the Bhima.
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easy to make out the skeleton of a child from its small size.
A better way of figuring out the sex of a skeleton
to look at the bone structure.
The hip or the pelvic area of women
generally larger to enable child bearing.
This
a much larger number than the 200 bones that are recognised in modern anatomy.
There
evidence that fruits such as ber, amla, jamun, dates and a variety of berries were collected.
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something that has become common during the last fifty years or so.

NCERT Thought Questions

  • whether your school library has a collection of books on religion, and list the names of five books

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