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Sarvasena (from the article "India") ...the founder of the dynasty, Vindhyashakti, extended his power northward as far as Vidisha (near ... Sarvastivada (Sanskrit: Doctrine That All Is Real), important early Buddhist school of philosophy. A fundamental concept ... [5 Related Articles] Sarvodaya (from the article "Buddhism") ...third division, the Ramanya sect, is a small modernist group that emerged in the 19th ... Sary-Jaz Mountains (from the article "Tien Shan") The elevation of the mountains increases in the Sary-Jaz (Saryzhaz) Mountains in the central Tien ... Saryan, Martiros major Armenian painter of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Sarybagysh (from the article "Kyrgyzstan") Between 1835 and 1858 two Tien Shan Kyrgyz tribes, the Sarybagysh and the Bugu, engaged ... Sarychev, Gavril Andreyevich (from the article "Volga River") ...of the Great Chart") and in a hydrographic description of 1636. Its flow was first ... Saryk (from the article "Turkmenistan") ...Chaudor tribe led a powerful tribal union in the north, while the Salor tribe was ... Sarykamysh Basin (from the article "Karakum Desert") ...is approximately 135,000 square miles (350,000 square km) in area, extending some 500 miles (800 ... Sarykol Range mountain range on the border of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous oblast (province) of Tajikistan and the ... [2 Related Articles] Sarymsek Peninsula (from the article "Balkhash, Lake") ...to 6,000-6,300 square miles (15,500-16,300 square km). Such changes in area are accompanied by changes ... Sarzana town, Liguria region, northern Italy, on the fertile plain of the Magra River, just east ... Sarzec, Ernest de French archaeologist whose excavation of the mound of Tello (ancient Girsu, Arabic Tall Luh), in ... Sasak largest ethnic group on Lombok, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, constituting most ... 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Sasaram city, administrative headquarters of Rohtas district, Bihar state, northeastern India. Located at a major road ... Sasebo city, Nagasaki ken (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan, near the mouth of Omura-wan (Omura Bay). Originally a ... sashimi specialty of Japanese cuisine, fresh fish served raw. The fish, which must be utterly fresh, ... Saskatchewan province of Canada, one of the Prairie Provinces. It is one of only two Canadian ... [8 Related Articles] Saskatchewan Glacier (from the article "Columbia Icefield") ...plateau section of the ice field may be seen on the skyline at the head ... Saskatchewan Plain (from the article "Canada") To the west of the Manitoba lowland, the land rises in two steps: the Saskatchewan ... Saskatchewan River largest river system of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, rising in the Canadian ... [1 Related Articles] Saskatchewan Roughriders (from the article "Football") The Saskatchewan Roughriders won the 2007 Canadian Football League (CFL) championship with a 23-19 Grey ... Saskatchewan, flag of Canadian provincial flag consisting of horizontal stripes of green and gold with the provincial coat ... Saskatchewan, University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...and its Memorial Art Gallery have notable collections of Canadian artists, and the central display ... Saskatoon city, south-central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Founded in 1883 as the proposed ... [1 Related Articles] Saskin, Ted (from the article "Ice Hockey") There was also turmoil in the office of the National Hockey League Players' Association. Executive ... SASOL process (from the article "coal utilization") ...hydrocarbons. Although this process was developed and used widely in Germany during World War II, ... sasol sijo (from the article "Korean literature") ...of sijo in the first half of the Yi dynasty were members of the Confucian ... Sasolburg town, northern Free State province, South Africa, south of Johannesburg. Established in 1954, it was ... Sasquatch a large, hairy humanlike creature believed by some persons to exist in the northwestern United ... sassaby (genus Damaliscus), any of a few species of antelope belonging to the family Bovidae (order ... Sassafras (from the article "Laurales") ...two species, one of which is L. nobilis (sweet bay tree, or bay laurel), a ... sassafras (species Sassafras albidum), North American tree of the laurel family (Lauraceae), the aromatic leaf, bark, ... [1 Related Articles] Sassafras Mountain highest point in South Carolina, U.S., at 3,560 feet (1,085 metres). It lies in the ... 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Sastri, Venkatorama (from the article "South Asian arts") ...Jayanti festival in Melatur village in Tamil Nadu, the bhagavatha mela uses classical gesture language ... sastrugi (from the article "glacier") ...wind, or very hard packed and rough when high winds occur during or after snowfall. ... Sasuntzi Davith Armenian folk epic dealing with the adventures of the Christian king David of Sasun in ... Sata, Ineko Japanese writer and feminist whose semiautobiographical works reflected her concern with class struggle; she insisted ... Sata, Michael (from the article "Zambia") ...had been privatized when the industry was depressed had been so advantageous to foreign investors ... Satakarni I (from the article "Satavahana Dynasty") ...areas of the western Deccan. Inscriptions found in caves, such as those at Nanaghat, Nasik, ... Satan in Judaism and Christianity, the prince of evil spirits and adversary of God. 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Satcher, David American medical doctor and public health administrator who was (1998-2002) the 16th surgeon general of ... [1 Related Articles] sateen (from the article "satin") Though originally a silk fabric, it is now made of yarns of other fibres. An ... satellite natural object (moon) or spacecraft (artificial satellite) orbiting a larger astronomical body. Most known natural ... satellite communication in telecommunication, the use of artificial satellites to provide communications links between various points on ... [18 Related Articles] satellite DNA (from the article "heredity") ...sequences), (2) families of DNA, in which one gene somehow copies itself, and the repeats ... Satellite Launch Vehicle 3 (from the article "launch vehicle") India launched its first satellite in 1980 using the four-stage solid-fueled Satellite Launch Vehicle 3 ... satellite observatory Earth-orbiting spacecraft that allows celestial objects and radiation to be studied from above the atmosphere. ... 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[19 Related Articles] Satirikon theatre (from the article "Raikin, Arkady Isaakovich") ...Over the years, he toured the Soviet Union and occasionally abroad but remained based in ... satisfiability (from the article "metalogic") ...the truth or falsity of sentences in a formal system, but with respect to a ... satisfice (from the article "Simon, Herbert A.") Crucial to this theory is the concept of "satisficing" behaviour-achieving acceptable economic objectives while minimizing ... satkaryavada (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...of things and persons (taken as psychophysical organisms), is regarded as an evolution out of ... Satna city, northeastern Madhya Pradesh state, central India. It is situated on the Tons River, a ... Satnami sect any of several groups in India that have challenged political and religious authority by rallying ... [1 Related Articles] Sato Eisaku prime minister of Japan between 1964 and 1972, who presided over Japan's post-World War II ... 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