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(Credit: Julio Mercader) Perhaps most fascinating is what the plant evidence reveals. The team found remains of drought-resistant shrubs called Ephedra, which today only grow thousands of kilometers ...

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What archeological, linguistic and genetic studies indicate about the encounter of Aryans with the Harappan civilisation.