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18 V. R. Mehta, Ideology, Modernization and Politics in India, op. cit.

19 D. D. Kosambi, The Culture and Civilization of India, Delhi, Vikas, 1970.

20 V. R. Mehta. Ideology, Modernization and Politics in India, op. cit.; alsn Ramashray Roy. op. cit.

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