Dorling Kindersley would like to thank Anukriti Arora, Jomin Johny, and Meenal Goel for design assistance; Tina Jindal for editorial assistance; Rajesh Kumar Mishra and Zafar-ul-Islam Khan for cartographic assistance; and Ankita Sharma for illustrations.

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