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  2. Indian copper plate inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    The copper plate is approximately 9 3 ⁄ 4 inches long × 3 1 ⁄ 4 inches high × 1/10 (to 1/16) inches thick. The Sohgaura copper-plate is a Maurya (322–185 BCE) record which refers to a famine. It is one of the very few pre-Ashoka Brahmi inscriptions in India. [29]

  3. Palm-leaf manuscript - Wikipedia

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    The individual sheets of palm leaves were called Patra or Parna in Sanskrit (Pali/Prakrit: Panna), and the medium when ready to write was called Tada-patra (or Tala-patra, Tali, Tadi). [6] The famous 5th-century CE Indian manuscript called the Bower Manuscript discovered in Chinese Turkestan , was written on birch-bark sheets shaped in the form ...

  4. Beekeeping - Wikipedia

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    A Horizontal top-bar hive is a single-story, frameless beehive in which the comb hangs from removable bars that form a continuous roof over the comb, whereas the frames in most current hives allow space for bees to move between boxes. Hives that have frames or that use honey chambers in summer and use management principles similar to those of ...

  5. Leaf plate - Wikipedia

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    The word Patravali is derived from Sanskrit word Patra; a term used for both leaf and vessels or utensils. The word Patravali literally translates to " made of leaf ". [ 3 ] Patravali is also known as Pattal, Tapari, Ilai, Mantharai ilai, Chakluk, Vistaraku, Vistar, Khali, Donne, Duna, Bota in various regions of India and Nepal.

  6. Honeyguide - Wikipedia

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    The smallest species by body mass appears to be the green-backed honeyguide, at an average of 10.2 g (0.36 oz), and by length appears to be the Cassin's honeyguide, at an average of 10 cm (3.9 in), while the largest species by weight is the lyre-tailed honeyguide, at 54.2 g (1.91 oz), and by length, is the greater honeyguide, at 19.5 cm (7.7 in).

  7. Pramana - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, to claim that analytical investigation in general and the inner science of pramana, or logic, in particular are unnecessary is a terrible and evil spell, the aim of which is to prevent the perfect assimilation, through valid reasoning, of the Buddha's words [65]

  8. Hindu architecture - Wikipedia

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    They are design manuals covering the art and science of architecture, typically mixing form, function with Hindu symbolism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The earliest, archaic and distilled version of Hindu architecture principles are found in the Vedic literature, traditionally considered as the Upavedas (lesser appendices to the Vedas), and called the ...

  9. Beehive shelf - Wikipedia

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    A beehive shelf is a piece of laboratory equipment, usually of pottery, used to support a receiving jar or tube while a gas is being collected over water with a pneumatic trough. It is used so that when the gas emerges from the delivery tube into the beehive shelf, it is funneled into the receiving jar instead of being released elsewhere.