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Deryck O. Lodrick
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Research Associate, Center for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Author of Sacred Cows, Sacred Places: Origins and Survival of Animal Homes in India; coeditor of The Idea of Rajasthan: Explorations in Regional Identity.
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Brahmaputra River, major river of Central and South Asia. It flows some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) from its source in the Himalayas to its confluence with the Ganges (Ganga) River, after which the mingled waters of the two rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal. Along its course the Brahmaputra passes…
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