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Mapping India since 1767: transformation from colonial to postcolonial image

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 210 - 214
Submitted on: Dec 3, 2018
Accepted on: May 20, 2019
Published on: Oct 31, 2019
Published by: University of Warsaw
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