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empire of the Ghaznavids in Afghanistan and the Punjab."
The
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Bihari is another sister language to Bengali; it is spoken by over
39 million people in Bihar, Chota Nagpur and Oudh. Originally
it was confined to the districts of the Gangetic plain.
R.M. a variety of Naskhi in India called the Khatt-i Behar or
Behari script - long horizontal flourishes of the pen on the
line with short verticals. Earliest Korean in this script 1398.
15-16 C - assoc. with Behari region.
Paper was introduced into India only in the Mohammedan
period by the Arabs after the 12th C.
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