18. His real name is supposed to be Mallinaga or Mrillana, onsidered to have lived during time of the Gupta Empire, author of one of the world's most popular books?
57. Maharashtra was once a battle torn state, and ______ dance served as mode of entertainment and morale booster to the tired soldiers during the 18th and 19th century. The dance reached peak popularity during the Peshwai (a dynasty seated in Pune) rule, when it was given royal support by the ruling elite. Marathi poets like Honaji Bala, Ramjoshi, Prabhakar, etc. took _____ to new heights. Which dance form?
59. ___________ was advertised in an American literary magazine in 1899 as a medical device to relieve wrinkles and neuralgia.The medical application for such devices, which were marketed as cures for “hysteria”, was a cover.
62. Tower of silence Zoroastrian tradition considers a dead body—in addition to cut hair and nail-parings—to be nasu, unclean, i.e. potential pollutants. Specifically, the corpse demon (Avestan: nasu.daeva) was believed to rush into the body and contaminate everything it came into contact with, hence the Vendidad (an ecclesiastical code "given against the demons") has rules for disposing of the dead as "safely" as possible. To preclude the pollution of earth or fire (see Zam and Atar respectively), the bodies of the dead are placed atop a tower—a tower of silence—and so exposed to the sun and to birds of prey. Thus, "putrefaction with all its concomitant evils" "is most effectually prevented.
63. He was born on December 28, 1937, in Mumbai. He graduated with a degree in Architecture and Structural Engineering from Cornell University and joined his family business. He was appointed the Director-in-Charge of The National Radio & Electronics Company Limited (Nelco) in 1971 and was successful in turning Nelco around. Who?
