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India was the motherland of our race and Samskrit the mother of Europe 's languages...Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
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Mother
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Sanskrit
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