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Author of The Vedic People ( Orient BlackSwan), English Education in India, 1715-1835 (Routledge), Sanskrit & British Empire ( Routledge), and (Jointly with Jayant Narlikar) of Astronomy in India (INSA).

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Made in central and eastern parts of India

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