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Bhagavad Gita

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(Song of Krishna), a poem introduced into the Mahabharata, divided into three sections, and each section into six chapters, called Upanishads; being a series of mystical lectures addressed by Krishna ...

Bhartpur

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A town in Rajputana, in a native state of the name; yielding wheat, maize, cotton, sugar, with quarries of building stone; 30 m. W. of Agra; carries on an industry in the manufacture of chowries.

Bhopal

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A well-governed native state in Central India, under British protection, with a capital city of the same name; under a government that has been always friendly to Britain.

Bhamo

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A town in Burmah, the chief centre of trade with China, conducted mainly by Chinese, and a military station, only 40 m. from the Chinese frontier.

Bhartrihari

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Indian author of apothegms, who appears to have lived in the 11th century B.C., and to have been of royal rank.

Béziers

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A manufacturing town in the dep. of Hérault, 49 m. SW. of Montpellier; manufactures silk fabrics and confectionary.

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