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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. Patara (caste) - Wikipedia

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    There are two sub-divisions named, 1-Aswini Patara and 2-Gaudia Patara.They used the surnames includes; Kotual, Ash, Mohapatra, Behera, Baisakha, Guin, Patra, Paramanik, Naha, Tosh, Sahoo, Das, pal, Dalal etc but Mohapatra, Sahoo, Behera are little bit different from other titles because they are the sebak of Lord jagannath.The Raksha Bandhan is the major festival of Patara & Kapudia community ...

  4. Akshaya Patra - Wikipedia

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    Akshaya Patra (Sanskrit: अक्षयपात्र, romanized: Akṣayapātra, lit. 'inexhaustible vessel') is a legendary copper vessel featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata . It is a divine vessel given to Yudhishthira by Surya , which offered a never-depleting supply of food to the Pandavas every day.

  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. Apiary - Wikipedia

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    In recent years US honey production has dropped and the U.S. imports 16% of the world's honey. [9] Internationally, the largest honey producing exporters are China, Germany, and Mexico. [ 9 ] As in the United States the location of apiaries varies internationally depending on available resources and the operational need.

  7. Sikh copper-plate inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    The Naina Devi temple near Paonta was a recipient of a copper plate by the Sikh guru. [2]: 302 [5] The presentation of this inscribed copper plate to the Naina Devi temple is recorded in a late 18th-century Sikh text called Sudharam Marag Granth ('Book of the Good Religious Path').

  8. 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 ...

  9. Rani Gaidinliu - Wikipedia

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    Gaidinliu Pamei (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993) popularly known as Rani Gaidinliu was an Indian Naga spiritual and freedom fighter, political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India. [1] At the age of 13, she joined the Heraka religious movement of her cousin Haipou Jadonang.