Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. The history of Hinduism begins around 7,000 years ago and continues till the dawn of the Gupta Empire in India, and the organized, written records and preservation of important historical documents. Hinduism was synthesized in these misty centuries, from the ancient Indo-Iranian Vedic religion, the religious and philosophical practices of the peoples of the Indus Valley Civil ...

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• History of Early Hinduism - Analyzing the History
• History of Early Hinduism - At the birth of Hinduism
• History of Early Hinduism - The Aryans of India and Iran
• History of Early Hinduism - The Indus Valley Civilization
• History of Early Hinduism - Influences of the Indus Valley and Dravidian People
• History of Early Hinduism - The Indigenous Peoples within India
• History of Early Hinduism - Composition of the Vedas
• History of Early Hinduism - From the Ancient Vedic Religion
• History of Early Hinduism - Influences from the Indus Valley
• History of Early Hinduism - The Classical Age: Ramayana and Mahabharata

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History of Early Hinduism, History of Early Hinduism - Analyzing the History, History of Early Hinduism - At the birth of Hinduism, History of Early Hinduism - The Aryans of India and Iran, History of Early Hinduism - The Indus Valley Civilization, History of Early Hinduism - Influences of the Indus Valley and Dravidian People, History of Early Hinduism - The Indigenous Peoples within India, History of Early Hinduism - Composition of the Vedas, History of Early Hinduism - From the Ancient Vedic Religion, History of Early Hinduism - Influences from the Indus Valley, History of Early Hinduism - The Classical Age: Ramayana and Mahabharata

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Assessing the history of early Hinduism, involving the birth of its most sacred and fundamental tenets is extremely difficult, as the historical record is ancient, primitive and has endured the vagaries of time. Many links are missing in the chain. The birth of early Hinduism involves the birth of the nation of India, and thus is intrinsically tied to Indian nationalism and Hindu nationalism. A very prominent perspective and stron ...

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The History of India can be traced in fragments as far back as 700,000 years ago. The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. According to the Indo-Aryan migration hypothesis, the so-called Aryans from the north-west of the Indian subcontinent migrated between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE, possibly from Central Asia or the Middle East; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants apparently resulted in classical Indian culture. Arab incursions starting in the 8th century and Turkish ...

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• History of India - The Paleolithic era
• History of India - The Neolithic era
• History of India - The Bronze age
• History of India - Vedic civilization
• History of India - The Mahajanapadas
• History of India - The Magadha empire
• History of India - Shishunaga dynasty
• History of India - Nanda dynasty
• History of India - Maurya dynasty
• History of India - Shunga dynasty
• History of India - Early Middle Kingdoms - the golden age
• History of India - Satavahana empire
• History of India - Kushan empire
• History of India - Gupta dynasty
• History of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - the classical age
• History of India - Harsha's empire
• History of India - The Chalukyas and Pallavas
• History of India - Chola empire
• History of India - The Pratiharas, Palas and Rashtrakutas
• History of India - The Rajputs
• History of India - The Islamic Sultanates
• History of India - Vijayanagar empire
• History of India - The Mughal era
• History of India - The Maratha confederacy
• History of India - The Kingdom of Mysore
• History of India - The Punjab
• History of India - Company rule
• History of India - The British Raj
• History of India - The independence movement
• History of India - Independent India
• History of India - Textbooks and Surveys

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Aryan invasion theory, often abbreviated to AIT, is a term used to refer to the theory developed by 19th Century European linguists to explain the similarity between Sanskrit and European languages, supposing the invasion or migration of peoples who originated outside of India. The term is now most used by Indian opponents of the theory, or to label obsolete forms of the theory. The term "Aryan" derives from the word arya, used in the Vedas in a sense of "nobility", and as an ethnic term in Iran. The phrase "Aryan ...

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• Aryan invasion theory - Racial aspects of the theory
• Aryan invasion theory - Role in Imperialism and Nazism
• Aryan invasion theory - Later developments
• Aryan invasion theory - Political and religious issues
• Aryan invasion theory - Modern Theory
• Aryan invasion theory - Literature

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Carnelian beads (other variants of the name include Cornelian beads, sadoine, Mecca stone, and pigeon’s blood agate) is a gemstone jewelry made of carnelian quartz. The mineral is found worldwide, but India is most reputed for developing the best gemstones. Carnelian beads - History. The jewelry was appreciated in the Indus Valley Civilization, and many neckless were found to be over 12-centimeters long. The jewely was sometimes stored in small pots. Carnelian beads - Externa ...

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The Indus, a misnomer for Sindh nadi (Nadi literally means "river"), known as the Sindhu in Sanskrit, Sinthos in Greek, and Sindus in Latin, is the principal river of Pakistan. Before the partition of India into the modern states of India and Pakistan in 1947, the Indus was second only to the Ganges in terms of cultural and commercial importance for the subcontinent, and the name India is derived from the root of the river's name. The river originates in Tibet, flowing from the Himalaya in a north-westernly direction through Kashmir, ...

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• Indus River - Course
• Indus River - Tributaries
• Indus River - Other
• Indus River - History and Archeology
• Indus River - Wildlife

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See Also: Vedas, Shruti Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad Gītā Ramayana Puranas (List) Tantras Sutras (List) Stotras Asht ...

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History of Early Hinduism, History of Early Hinduism - Analyzing the History, History of Early Hinduism - At the birth of Hinduism, History of Early Hinduism - The Aryans of India and Iran, History of Early Hinduism - The Indus Valley Civilization, History of Early Hinduism - Influences of the Indus Valley and Dravidian People, History of Early Hinduism - The Indigenous Peoples within India, History of Early Hinduism - Composition of the Vedas, History of Early Hinduism - From the Ancient Vedic Religion, History of Early Hinduism - Influences from the Indus Valley, History of Early Hinduism - The Classical Age: Ramayana and Mahabharata

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Economic history of India - Initial Period. As late as 1991, India still had a fixed exchange rate system, where the rupee was pegged to the value of a basket of currencies of major trading partners. India started having balance of payments problems since 1985, and by the end of 1990, it was in a serious economic crisis. The government was close to default and its foreign exchange reserves had reduced to the point that India could barely finance three weeks’ worth of imports. The Government of India headed by P ...

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Economic history of India, Economic history of India - Indus valley civilization, Economic history of India - Pre-Colonial Characteristics, Economic history of India - Colonial Rule, Economic history of India - Post-Independence to 1979, Economic history of India - Post-Liberalization, Economic history of India - Initial Period, Economic history of India - UF rule, Economic history of India - NDA Rule, Economic history of India - UPA Rule, Economic history of India - Scholarly Secondary Sources

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At independence the economy was predominantly agrarian. Most of the population was employed in agriculture, and most of those people were very poor, existing by cropping their own small plots or supplying labor to other farms. Landownership, land rental, and sharecropping rights were complex, involving layers of intermediaries. Moreover, the structural economic problems inherited at independence were exacerbated by the costs associated with the partition of British India, which had resulted in about 12 million to 14 million refugees fleeing ...

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Much of India's population resided in villages, whose economy was largely isolated and self-sustaining. Agriculture was the predominant occupation of the populace and satisfied a village's food requirements besides providing raw materials for hand based industries like textile, food processing and crafts. Besides farmers, other classes of people were barbers, carpenters, doctors (Ayurvedic practitioners), goldsmiths, weavers, etc., Religion, especially Hinduism played an influential role in shaping economic activities. The system of c ...

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Economic history of India, Economic history of India - Indus valley civilization, Economic history of India - Pre-Colonial Characteristics, Economic history of India - Colonial Rule, Economic history of India - Post-Independence to 1979, Economic history of India - Post-Liberalization, Economic history of India - Initial Period, Economic history of India - UF rule, Economic history of India - NDA Rule, Economic history of India - UPA Rule, Economic history of India - Scholarly Secondary Sources

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The colonial rule brought along an institutional environment that guaranteed property rights, ensured free trade, had fixed exchange rates, uniform currency system, open capital markets, created a well developed system of railways and telegraphs, a bureaucracy free from political interferences and a modern legal system. It also coincided with major changes in the world economy - industrialisation, growth in trade and production, and new thinking on economic policies followed by states. By the end of the colonial rule, however, India inherite ...

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Military history of India - Indus Valley Civilization. The amazing uniformity of measurement systems across a number of sites suggests that Indus Valley Civilization was a single state. However, it seems that the large cities were controlled by small groups of merchants, landowners and priests. Therefore, no standing armies were involved. The artifacts and texts from contemporaneous Egypt and Mesopotamia clearly depict battles. But the excavations at Harappan sites have not revealed a single artifact that depicts ...

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Military history of India, Military history of India - The Bronze age, Military history of India - Indus Valley Civilization, Military history of India - Aryans, Military history of India - The Mahajanapadas, Military history of India - From Vedic times to the Greek incursion, Military history of India - The Magadha empire, Military history of India - Shishunaga dynasty, Military history of India - Nanda dynasty, Military history of India - Maurya dynasty, Military history of India - Early Middle Kingdoms the golden age, Military history of India - Satavahana dynasty, Military history of India - Kushan empire, Military history of India - Gupta dynasty, Military history of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - the classical age, Military history of India - Harsha's empire, Military history of India - The Chalukyas and Pallavas, Military history of India - The Chola empire, Military history of India - The Pratiharas Palas and Rashtrakutas, Military history of India - The Rajputs, Military history of India - The Sultanate era, Military history of India - Samoothiris of Kozhikode, Military history of India - Muzzafarid dynasty, Military history of India - Vijayanagar empire, Military history of India - The effects of the Mongol wars, Military history of India - The Mughal era, Military history of India - Mughals, Military history of India - The Maratha empire, Military history of India - State of Travancore, Military history of India - Kingdom of Mysore, Military history of India - Punjab, Military history of India - The European incursions, Military history of India - The Napoleonic wars, Military history of India - Company rule, Military history of India - The 1857 Sepoy war, Military history of India - The British Raj, Military history of India - The British-Indian army, Military history of India - The Afghan wars, Military history of India - The world wars, Military history of India - Opposition: the Indian National Army, Military history of India - The independence movement, Military history of India - Independent India, Military history of India - Major wars, Military history of India - Other Operations, Military history of India - Missile program, Military history of India - Nuclear program, Military history of India - Overview and recent developments, Military history of India - Military collaborations with other nations, Military history of India - Disasters, Military history of India - Awards

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Military history of India - Mughals. Military history of India - The Maratha empire. The Maratha Empire, also called the Maratha Confederacy, of India was founded by Shivaji in 1674, when he carved an independent Maratha zone around Pune, from the Bijapur Sultanate. Shivaji established an effective civil and military administration. He made it a state policy never to desecrate a mosque or seize women after military raids. He had many loyal Muslim admirers, who served in his army. He w ...

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Military history of India, Military history of India - The Bronze age, Military history of India - Indus Valley Civilization, Military history of India - Aryans, Military history of India - The Mahajanapadas, Military history of India - From Vedic times to the Greek incursion, Military history of India - The Magadha empire, Military history of India - Shishunaga dynasty, Military history of India - Nanda dynasty, Military history of India - Maurya dynasty, Military history of India - Early Middle Kingdoms the golden age, Military history of India - Satavahana dynasty, Military history of India - Kushan empire, Military history of India - Gupta dynasty, Military history of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - the classical age, Military history of India - Harsha's empire, Military history of India - The Chalukyas and Pallavas, Military history of India - The Chola empire, Military history of India - The Pratiharas Palas and Rashtrakutas, Military history of India - The Rajputs, Military history of India - The Sultanate era, Military history of India - Samoothiris of Kozhikode, Military history of India - Muzzafarid dynasty, Military history of India - Vijayanagar empire, Military history of India - The effects of the Mongol wars, Military history of India - The Mughal era, Military history of India - Mughals, Military history of India - The Maratha empire, Military history of India - State of Travancore, Military history of India - Kingdom of Mysore, Military history of India - Punjab, Military history of India - The European incursions, Military history of India - The Napoleonic wars, Military history of India - Company rule, Military history of India - The 1857 Sepoy war, Military history of India - The British Raj, Military history of India - The British-Indian army, Military history of India - The Afghan wars, Military history of India - The world wars, Military history of India - Opposition: the Indian National Army, Military history of India - The independence movement, Military history of India - Independent India, Military history of India - Major wars, Military history of India - Other Operations, Military history of India - Missile program, Military history of India - Nuclear program, Military history of India - Overview and recent developments, Military history of India - Military collaborations with other nations, Military history of India - Disasters, Military history of India - Awards

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Independent India has fought three wars with Pakistan and one border war with China. Independent India has never experienced a military coup, unlike Pakistan. Military history of India - Major wars. Main article: Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Independent India, formed on August 15, 1947, has seen three wars with Pakistan (1947-48, 1965, 1971). The first war took place after Pakistani soldiers and armed tribesmen invaded the independent province of Kashmir. When the forces almost reached the cap ...

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Military history of India, Military history of India - The Bronze age, Military history of India - Indus Valley Civilization, Military history of India - Aryans, Military history of India - The Mahajanapadas, Military history of India - From Vedic times to the Greek incursion, Military history of India - The Magadha empire, Military history of India - Shishunaga dynasty, Military history of India - Nanda dynasty, Military history of India - Maurya dynasty, Military history of India - Early Middle Kingdoms the golden age, Military history of India - Satavahana dynasty, Military history of India - Kushan empire, Military history of India - Gupta dynasty, Military history of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - the classical age, Military history of India - Harsha's empire, Military history of India - The Chalukyas and Pallavas, Military history of India - The Chola empire, Military history of India - The Pratiharas Palas and Rashtrakutas, Military history of India - The Rajputs, Military history of India - The Sultanate era, Military history of India - Samoothiris of Kozhikode, Military history of India - Muzzafarid dynasty, Military history of India - Vijayanagar empire, Military history of India - The effects of the Mongol wars, Military history of India - The Mughal era, Military history of India - Mughals, Military history of India - The Maratha empire, Military history of India - State of Travancore, Military history of India - Kingdom of Mysore, Military history of India - Punjab, Military history of India - The European incursions, Military history of India - The Napoleonic wars, Military history of India - Company rule, Military history of India - The 1857 Sepoy war, Military history of India - The British Raj, Military history of India - The British-Indian army, Military history of India - The Afghan wars, Military history of India - The world wars, Military history of India - Opposition: the Indian National Army, Military history of India - The independence movement, Military history of India - Independent India, Military history of India - Major wars, Military history of India - Other Operations, Military history of India - Missile program, Military history of India - Nuclear program, Military history of India - Overview and recent developments, Military history of India - Military collaborations with other nations, Military history of India - Disasters, Military history of India - Awards

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The Indian Air Force was established in 1932. Military history of India - The British-Indian army. The British-Indian army contained members of all the major religious groups in India, it contained Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs. The number of Sikhs in the army grew steadily with time because they were considered less biased, less drastic in dealing with the different Indian cultural and religious sects and less likely to challenge their British superiors. This was especially true after the Sepoy Rebellion wher ...

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Military history of India, Military history of India - The Bronze age, Military history of India - Indus Valley Civilization, Military history of India - Aryans, Military history of India - The Mahajanapadas, Military history of India - From Vedic times to the Greek incursion, Military history of India - The Magadha empire, Military history of India - Shishunaga dynasty, Military history of India - Nanda dynasty, Military history of India - Maurya dynasty, Military history of India - Early Middle Kingdoms the golden age, Military history of India - Satavahana dynasty, Military history of India - Kushan empire, Military history of India - Gupta dynasty, Military history of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - the classical age, Military history of India - Harsha's empire, Military history of India - The Chalukyas and Pallavas, Military history of India - The Chola empire, Military history of India - The Pratiharas Palas and Rashtrakutas, Military history of India - The Rajputs, Military history of India - The Sultanate era, Military history of India - Samoothiris of Kozhikode, Military history of India - Muzzafarid dynasty, Military history of India - Vijayanagar empire, Military history of India - The effects of the Mongol wars, Military history of India - The Mughal era, Military history of India - Mughals, Military history of India - The Maratha empire, Military history of India - State of Travancore, Military history of India - Kingdom of Mysore, Military history of India - Punjab, Military history of India - The European incursions, Military history of India - The Napoleonic wars, Military history of India - Company rule, Military history of India - The 1857 Sepoy war, Military history of India - The British Raj, Military history of India - The British-Indian army, Military history of India - The Afghan wars, Military history of India - The world wars, Military history of India - Opposition: the Indian National Army, Military history of India - The independence movement, Military history of India - Independent India, Military history of India - Major wars, Military history of India - Other Operations, Military history of India - Missile program, Military history of India - Nuclear program, Military history of India - Overview and recent developments, Military history of India - Military collaborations with other nations, Military history of India - Disasters, Military history of India - Awards

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Military history of India - From Vedic times to the Greek incursion. The Vedas and other associated texts contain references to warfare. The two great epics of India, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, are centered around conflicts and refer to military formations, theories of warfare and esoteric weaponry. Valmiki's Ramayana describes Ayodhya's military as defensive rather than aggressive. The city, it says, was strongly fortified and was surrounded by a deep moat. Ramayana describes Ayodhya in following words: " ...

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Military history of India, Military history of India - The Bronze age, Military history of India - Indus Valley Civilization, Military history of India - Aryans, Military history of India - The Mahajanapadas, Military history of India - From Vedic times to the Greek incursion, Military history of India - The Magadha empire, Military history of India - Shishunaga dynasty, Military history of India - Nanda dynasty, Military history of India - Maurya dynasty, Military history of India - Early Middle Kingdoms the golden age, Military history of India - Satavahana dynasty, Military history of India - Kushan empire, Military history of India - Gupta dynasty, Military history of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - the classical age, Military history of India - Harsha's empire, Military history of India - The Chalukyas and Pallavas, Military history of India - The Chola empire, Military history of India - The Pratiharas Palas and Rashtrakutas, Military history of India - The Rajputs, Military history of India - The Sultanate era, Military history of India - Samoothiris of Kozhikode, Military history of India - Muzzafarid dynasty, Military history of India - Vijayanagar empire, Military history of India - The effects of the Mongol wars, Military history of India - The Mughal era, Military history of India - Mughals, Military history of India - The Maratha empire, Military history of India - State of Travancore, Military history of India - Kingdom of Mysore, Military history of India - Punjab, Military history of India - The European incursions, Military history of India - The Napoleonic wars, Military history of India - Company rule, Military history of India - The 1857 Sepoy war, Military history of India - The British Raj, Military history of India - The British-Indian army, Military history of India - The Afghan wars, Military history of India - The world wars, Military history of India - Opposition: the Indian National Army, Military history of India - The independence movement, Military history of India - Independent India, Military history of India - Major wars, Military history of India - Other Operations, Military history of India - Missile program, Military history of India - Nuclear program, Military history of India - Overview and recent developments, Military history of India - Military collaborations with other nations, Military history of India - Disasters, Military history of India - Awards

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The British Indian Army was raised to guard the factories. Later, it grew into the army of John Company Bahadur, and subsequently grew into Presidency armies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay in 1795, after the fall of French Pondicherry in 1793. The Dutch trained the military of the princely state of Kerala. Military history of India - The 1857 Sepoy war. 'Main article: Sepoy Mutiny After 1857, the Presidency ...

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Military history of India, Military history of India - The Bronze age, Military history of India - Indus Valley Civilization, Military history of India - Aryans, Military history of India - The Mahajanapadas, Military history of India - From Vedic times to the Greek incursion, Military history of India - The Magadha empire, Military history of India - Shishunaga dynasty, Military history of India - Nanda dynasty, Military history of India - Maurya dynasty, Military history of India - Early Middle Kingdoms the golden age, Military history of India - Satavahana dynasty, Military history of India - Kushan empire, Military history of India - Gupta dynasty, Military history of India - Late Middle Kingdoms - the classical age, Military history of India - Harsha's empire, Military history of India - The Chalukyas and Pallavas, Military history of India - The Chola empire, Military history of India - The Pratiharas Palas and Rashtrakutas, Military history of India - The Rajputs, Military history of India - The Sultanate era, Military history of India - Samoothiris of Kozhikode, Military history of India - Muzzafarid dynasty, Military history of India - Vijayanagar empire, Military history of India - The effects of the Mongol wars, Military history of India - The Mughal era, Military history of India - Mughals, Military history of India - The Maratha empire, Military history of India - State of Travancore, Military history of India - Kingdom of Mysore, Military history of India - Punjab, Military history of India - The European incursions, Military history of India - The Napoleonic wars, Military history of India - Company rule, Military history of India - The 1857 Sepoy war, Military history of India - The British Raj, Military history of India - The British-Indian army, Military history of India - The Afghan wars, Military history of India - The world wars, Military history of India - Opposition: the Indian National Army, Military history of India - The independence movement, Military history of India - Independent India, Military history of India - Major wars, Military history of India - Other Operations, Military history of India - Missile program, Military history of India - Nuclear program, Military history of India - Overview and recent developments, Military history of India - Military collaborations with other nations, Military history of India - Disasters, Military history of India - Awards

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The Indian military today ranks as the world's third largest after the USA and China. Over a million strong, the paramilitary unit of the Republic of India is the world's largest and most elite paramilitary force. Eager to protray itself as a potential superpower, India began an intense phase of modernization and upgradation of its armed forces in the late 1990s. India is focussing more on developing indegenous military equipments rather than relying on other countries for military supplies. This change in policy has paid of well for the Ind ...

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