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  • The shoots of bamboo are used in numerous Asian dishes and broths; pickled ... Bamboo assumes symbolic meaning in East Asian culture, signifying ...
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  • works had local elements such as Southeast Asian facial features. The distinctive ... man, half bird); the eight-armed Shiva; elephant-headed Ganesh; the naga ...
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  • word "anaikondran," which means "elephant killer." Metcalf (1999) notes that the name first was probably from the Sinhala language ...
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  • by the camel caravans of Indian and Asian merchants. The route linked India to Central Asia, Egypt, Arabia, Persia, Africa, and the West. During ...
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  • Morocco, Sudan, and other North African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries ... patterns on hands and feet, while Indian (Asian) mendhi uses fine lines, ...
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  • various subjects ranging from religion to elephant management. ... of robes (mahapasayita), commander of elephant corps (gajasahani), commander ...
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  • Those forests support 25 percent of the elephant and 10 percent of the tiger ... Wild animals found in Karnataka include the elephant, the tiger, the ...
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  • while in others, particularly Central Asian republics, the government ... If a Central Asian example could serve as a “generic” solution ...
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  • of a Buddhist Monument (Berkley: Asian Humanities Press, 1981). ... of Michigan, May 16-17, 1974. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1981. ISBN ...
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  • gained,] International Institute for Asian Studies. Retrieved June 16, 2008. Church links between Holland and former colonies are strong, due ...
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  • included an elaborately carved head of an elephant and a horse in flight. A ... * Coombes, J. W. The Seven Pagodas. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services ...
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  • of the genus Scorpiops living in high Asian mountains, bothriurid scorpions ... a year and a half, rivaling that of the elephant (Angier 1990). ...
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  • Koreana since 1398 C.E. Although many East Asian Buddhist nations have full ... and an incense burner shaped like an elephant with a pagoda on its back ...
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  • years been a mainstay of the Southeast Asian economy and a key center ... 000 Japanese (the largest community in any Asian city outside of Japan), 100 ...
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  • relations between Spain and the several Asian Kingdoms. The voyage was also sent to establish contact with the legendary kingdom of Prestor John. ...
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  • China Sea. The Cardamom Mountains the Elephant Range lie to the southwest ... and International Monetary Fund. It is an Asian Development Bank member, ...
    32 KB (4,636 words) - 18:49, 25 November 2023
  • of Kannada Literature (New Delhi; Madras: Asian Educational Services, 1988 ... Maharashtra. Mysore with its vast elephant herds proved important for ...
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  • Ancient and Medieval Karnataka. (New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1990 ... History of Kannada Literature. (Asian Educational Services, 1988 ...
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  • Myanmar has gone from being the wealthiest Southeastern Asian nation ... #039;s jungles. The antelope, deer, elephant, rhinoceros, wild buffalo ...
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  • Ruhunu National Park in the southeast protects herds of elephant, ... as 1400 B.C.E. Sri Lanka was also the first Asian nation to have a female ruler ...
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