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... probably one of the earliest Aryan settlements outside the Punjab . Tradition points to a group of shapeless mounds as the residence of the Lunar princes of the house of Bharata whose deeds are commemorated in the great national epic ...
... probably one of the earliest Aryan settlements outside the Punjab . Tradition points to a group of shapeless mounds as the residence of the Lunar princes of the house of Bharata whose deeds are commemorated in the great national epic ...
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... probably educated at the monastery of Reichenau , of which be became abbot in 888. He soon became known to the German king , Arnulf , who appointed him arch- bishop of Mainz in 891 ; and he became such a trustworthy and confidential ...
... probably educated at the monastery of Reichenau , of which be became abbot in 888. He soon became known to the German king , Arnulf , who appointed him arch- bishop of Mainz in 891 ; and he became such a trustworthy and confidential ...
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... probably filtered through Celtic channels , as the Welsh names of Argentille and Orwain indicate . The close similarity between the Havelok saga and the story of Hamlet ( Amlethus ) as told by Saxo Gram- maticus was pointed out long ago ...
... probably filtered through Celtic channels , as the Welsh names of Argentille and Orwain indicate . The close similarity between the Havelok saga and the story of Hamlet ( Amlethus ) as told by Saxo Gram- maticus was pointed out long ago ...
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... probably due to the feeling that all law or restraint was annulled by the death of the king - incarnate law . The ... probably dying out . Captain Cook estimated the number of natives at 400,000 , probably an over - estimate ; in 1823 ...
... probably due to the feeling that all law or restraint was annulled by the death of the king - incarnate law . The ... probably dying out . Captain Cook estimated the number of natives at 400,000 , probably an over - estimate ; in 1823 ...
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... probably dates from the Norman conquest of the district by Bernard Newmarch about 1088 ( in which year he granted Glasbury , probably as the first fruits of his invasion , to St Peter's , Gloucester ) . The manor of Hay , which probably ...
... probably dates from the Norman conquest of the district by Bernard Newmarch about 1088 ( in which year he granted Glasbury , probably as the first fruits of his invasion , to St Peter's , Gloucester ) . The manor of Hay , which probably ...
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