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  • Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric migrations of the early Indo-Aryans to their historically attested areas ...
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  • The Indo-Greek Kingdom (or sometimes Graeco-Indian Kingdom covered various parts of the northwest and northern Indian subcontinent from 180 B ...
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  • Since the creation of the separate states of India and Pakistan in 1947, the two neighboring nations have engaged in four wars. The first conflict ...
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  • ==Etymology== From thunder, from Middle English thunder, thonder, thundre, thonre, thunnere, þunre, from Old English þunor (“thunder”), ...
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  • ==Etymology== Back-formation from eponymous, from Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος or epṓnumos (concerning giving one's name to something; ...
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  • ==Etymology== wild from Middle English wild, wilde, from Old English wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz ...
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  • ==Etymology== play +‎ wright (“builder, craftsman”) from Middle English wrighte, wriȝte, wruhte, wurhte, from Old English wyrhta (“worker ...
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  • Models of the Indo-Aryan migration discusses scenarios of prehistoric migrations of the early Indo-Aryans to their historically attested areas ...
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  • ==Etymology== From grass + land. See grass. From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto ...
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  • ==Etymology== free + trade, from Middle English free, fre, freo, from Old English frēo (free), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic ...
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  • ==Etymology== Pen from Middle English penne, from Anglo-Norman penne, from Old French penne, from Latin penna (“feather”), and name From Middle ...
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  • Some scholars believe the Indo-Aryans moved into an already Dravidian ... * Erdosy, George. The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language ...
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  • the Soma: The botanical evidence in The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia ... and archaeological evidence in The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia ...
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  • ==Etymology== From song + writer, from Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic ...
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  • ==Etymology== The noun is derived from Late Middle English bon-fir, bonefire, bonnefyre (fire in which bones are burnt, bonfire) (and other forms ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English custume, borrowed from Anglo-Norman custume, from Old French coustume, from Vulgar Latin *cōnsuētūmen or ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English heresie, from Old French heresie (modern hérésie), from Latin haeresis, from Ancient Greek αἵρεσις ...
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  • {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Indo-Pakistani Wars| image_name=Kashmir map.jpg| image_desc=Map indicating Pakistani and Indian area ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English deefnesse; equivalent to deaf (from Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *daub ...
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  • {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Ahura Mazda| image_name=Naqshe Rostam Darafsh Ordibehesht 93 (35).JPG| image_desc=Sassanid relief ...
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  • {{Main page article box| type=Popular| title=Shangdi| image_name=Jitian.jpg| image_desc=Annual heavenly sacrifice in honor of the Highest Deity ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English wast, waste (a waste), from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French wast, waste (a waste), from Frankish *wōstī ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English milk, mylk, melk, mulc, from Old English meolc, meoluc (milk), from Proto-West Germanic *meluk, from Proto ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English ferme, farme (rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (peace), from Latin pāx (peace), from ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, from Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately ...
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  • ==Etymology== Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (fantasy), from Latin phantasia (imagination), from Ancient ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English fode, foode, from Old English fōda (food), from Proto-West Germanic *fōdō, from Proto-Germanic *fōdô (food ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English shryne, from Old English scrīn (reliquary, ark of the covenant), from Medieval Latin scrīnium (reliquary, ...
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  • Sogdiana or Sogdia ( Суғд - Old Persian: Sughuda; سغد ; 粟特 - Sùtè) was the ancient civilization of an Iranian people and a province ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English acre, aker, from Old English æcer (field where crops are grown), from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r, from Proto ...
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  • {{Navbox |name = Language phonologies |title = Phonologies of the world's languages |listclass = hlist |state = autocollapse} ...
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  • Ahura Mazda is the supreme divinity of the Zoroastrian faith, which is called by its adherents Mazdayasna (meaning "the worship of Mazda ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English sword, swerd, from Old English sweord (sword), from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą ...
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  • Indra is the most important deity in ancient Vedic Hinduism and the supreme deva (god) of the Rigveda scripture. Known as the god of storms and ...
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  • split may have occurred between the early Indo-Aryans and Iranians. (The cognate word in Avestan is daēva and in Zoroastrianism ahuras are supreme ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English beef, bef, beof, borrowed from Anglo-Norman beof, Old French buef, boef (“ox”) (modern French bœuf); from ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English song, sang, from Old English sang, from Proto-West Germanic *sangu, from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (“singing ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (weapon), of unknown ...
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  • Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (later: von) Schlegel (March 10, 1772 - January 12, 1829) was a German poet, critic and scholar, and a founder of German ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English synger, syngere, singere, singare, equivalent to sing +‎ -er. Cognate with Scots singar, Saterland Frisian ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον or epítheton (epithet, adjective ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung. Equivalent to hunt from Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English good, from Old English gōd, from Proto-West Germanic *gōd, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, from Proto-Indo ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (leather), from Proto-West Germanic *leþr, from Proto-Germanic *leþrą (leather ...
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  • Dasa (Sanskrit for "servant") is a Hindu term with two primary usages: Originally, "Dasa" denoted enemies of the ancient ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Linguistics {{Infobox Writing system |name=Linear A |type=Undeciphered |typedesc=(likely Syllabic ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English scole, from Old English scōl (place of education), from Proto-West Germanic *skōlā, from Late Latin schola ...
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  • ==Etymology== From French prototype or Late Latin prototypon, from Ancient Greek πρωτότυπος or prōtótupos (original; prototype), from ...
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  • The Vedic Period (or Vedic Age) (c. 1500 – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic ...
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  • Marlin is the common name for several, large marine billfish in the family Istiophoridae of the bony fish order Perciformes. As with the other ...
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  • The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), was an ancient civilization thriving along the lower Indus River and the Ghaggar River-Hakra River in what ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English kalender, from Old French calendier, from Latin calendarium (account book), from kalendae (the first day of ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time ...
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  • * Erdosy, George. 1995. The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. Indian philology and South Asian studies ...
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  • ==Etymology== From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (armed force ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English valew, value, from Old French value, feminine past participle of valoir, from Latin valēre (be strong, be worth ...
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  • The Greek conquests of India took place in the years before the Common Era, and a rich trade flourished between India and Greece, especially ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English feer, fere, fer, from Old English fǣr, ġefǣr (calamity, sudden danger, peril, sudden attack, terrible sight ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English bere, from Old English bēor (beer) (Oxford English Dictionary notes: "rare, except in poetry"), from ...
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  • ==Etymology== Origin uncertain; but probably of North Germanic origin. Probably from or related to Danish fog (“spray, shower, drift, storm” ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English trade (path, course of conduct), introduced into English by Hanseatic merchants, from Middle Low German trade ...
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  • Hinduism is an umbrella term for various religious traditions that originated in India, and now are practiced all around the world, though more ...
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  • known as Vedic Aryans, a subgroup of the Indo-Aryans) and their enemies, the ... hark back to clashes between the early Indo-Aryans with the BMAC in what ...
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  • ==Etymology== Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English mete, from Old English mete (food), from Proto-West Germanic *mati, from Proto-Germanic *matiz (food), from ...
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  • The Vatsa (a branch of the early Indo-Aryans) were rulers of Hastinapur (near present day Delhi), and they established the town of Kaushambi ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English dauncen, daunsen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman dauncer, dancer (to dance) (compare Old French dancier), from ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (modern French grâce), from Latin grātia (kindness, favor, esteem), from grātus ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English ston, stone, stan, from Old English stān, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English yeer, yere, from Old English ġēar (“year”), from Proto-West Germanic *jār, from Proto-Germanic *jērą ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (wood, forest, grove; tree; timber), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from ...
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  • The Sunga Empire (or Shunga Empire) is a Magadha dynasty that controlled North-central and Eastern India as well as parts of the northwest (now ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English weder, wedir, from Old English weder, from Proto-West Germanic *wedr, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą, from Proto ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English space, from Anglo-Norman space, variant of espace, espas et al., and spaze, variant of espace, from Latin spatium ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English yelwe, yelou, from Old English ġeolwe, oblique form of Old English ġeolu, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, ...
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  • Category:Linguists and lexicographers Category:Biography Jones, William (philologist) [[Image:Sir William Jones.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Sir William ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English ship, schip, from Old English sċip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto ...
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  • Menander I Soter, (The Saviour), known as Milinda in Indian sources, was one of the Indo-Greek rulers in northern India from c. 155 B.C.E. to ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English race, partially from Old English rǣs (a race, swift or violent running, rush, onset), from Proto-West Germanic ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor (summer), from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz ...
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  • hymns of the Rig Veda (the holy book of the Indo-Aryans) meant any supernatural spirit—good or bad. Hence, even some of the devas (demigods), especially ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English red, from Old English rēad, from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Middle English bodi, bodiȝ, from Old English bodiġ (body, trunk, chest, torso, height, stature), from Proto-West Germanic ...
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  • ritual strongly resemble those of the Vedic Indo-Aryans and the pre-Zoroastrian Iranians. Kalash mythology and folklore has been compared to that of ...
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  • The swastika (from Sanskrit: svástika sa|स्वस्तिक ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right ...
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  • Zoroaster (Greek Ζωροάστρης, Zōroastrēs) or Zarathushtra (Avestan: Zaraθuštra), also referred to as Zartosht ( زرتشت ...
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  • Literature in Sanskrit, the classical language of India, represents a continuous cultural tradition from the time of the Vedas in the second ...
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  • ==Etymology 1== From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following ...
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  • The Mongol invasions of Korea (1231 - 1273) consisted of a series of campaigns by the Mongol Empire against Korea, then known as Goryeo, from ...
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  • A ganachakra (Sanskrit: gaṇacakra, or 'gathering circle'; Tibetan: tshogs kyi 'khor lo), also known as tsog, ganapuja, chakrapuja ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology [[File:Human migrations and mitochondrial haplogroups.PNG|400px|right|thumb|Hypothesized ...
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  • Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located in north-western India in what is now Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. Found ...
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  • Gandharvas (from the Sanskrit: गंधर्व, gandharva, possibly meaning "fragrances") refers to a group of low-ranking male ...
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  • Ladakh ( t=ལ་དྭགས་|script=yes|w=la-dwags , Ladakhi lad̪ɑks , Hindi: लद्दाख़, Hindi ləd̪.d̪ɑːx , Urdu: لدّاخ; ...
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