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  2. Travois - Wikipedia

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    After horses were introduced to North America, many Plains Indian tribes began to make larger horse-drawn travois. Instead of making specially constructed travois sleds, they would simply cross a pair of tepee poles across the horse's back and attach a burden platform between the poles behind the horse. This served two purposes at once, as the ...

  3. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Calingae or Calingi, according to ancient accounts, were a race of extremely short-lived people in India. According to Pliny the Elder they had a lifespan of only eight years. The Deva are a mythical people of Sri Lanka according to the Sanskrit epics. According to the Mahavamsa and Ramayana they lived among the Naga, Yakkha and Raskha.

  4. Lists of Indian people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of Indian people are lists of people from India. They are grouped by various criteria, including ethnicity, states and union territories and city. Part of a series of articles on Indian people Motto: Jai Hind People Lists of Indian people History Indian independence movement Quit India Movement Culture Architecture Art Cinema Cuisine Dance Festivals Literature Music Sports Languages ...

  5. Measurement of land in Punjab - Wikipedia

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    1 Karam = 5.5 feet = 1.83; or Gaj; 1 Yard or Gaj = 36 Inch = 0.91 Metre = 3 feet; 1 Sq Yard = 9 Sq Feet; To convert Sq feet to Sq Yard = Divide by 9; 1 Marla is 25 Sq metres (272.25 sq feet) [5] 1 Kanal is 605 sq Yard (5445 sq feet) 1 Acre is 4840 Sq Yard

  6. Kos (unit) - Wikipedia

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    It is an ancient Indian subcontinental standard unit of distance, in use since at least 4 BCE. According to the Arthashastra, a krośa or kos is about 3,000 metres (9,800 ft). [1] Another conversion is based on the Mughal emperor Akbar, who standardized the unit to 5000 guz in the Ain-i-Akbari.

  7. List of Indian records in athletics - Wikipedia

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    1:20:22.52 Gurmeet Singh: 3 February 2012 All-India Railway Championships Bhubaneswar, India [25] 4 × 100 m relay: 38.89 India Rahamatulla Molla Suresh Sathya Shameer Mon A. Qureshi: 12 October 2010 Commonwealth Games: New Delhi, India [26] [27] 4 × 400 m relay: 2:59.05 India Muhammed Anas Amoj Jacob Muhammad Ajmal Variyathodi Rajesh Ramesh ...

  8. Category:Lists of Indian people by community - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 19 October 2024, at 20:25 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  9. Mahout - Wikipedia

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    An image of the elephant keeper in India riding his elephant from Tashrih al-aqvam (1825). Samponiet Reserve, Aceh Mahout with a young elephant at Elephant Nature Park, Thailand A young elephant and his mahout, Kerala, India. A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. [1] Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use.