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Who would fly to my town, Silla, and deliver my words?
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Who would fly to my town, Silla, and deliver my words?
R C Ganjoo The local Sarpanch informed us that we were first supposed to reach Anderwan village, the starting point to Mohand Marg. I had heard about Mohand Marg from elders, and later on, I read about its significance. Sir Marc Aurel Stein’s name always made me inquisitive to know why he had chosen this location situated at a height of 11000 feet in the woodland of the Himalayas, to translate Kalhan Pandit’s celebrated history Rajatarangini and add to it […]
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