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 | | "The holy cities of India attract pilgrims from throughout the East: Varanasi (formerly Benares), Allahabad, Puri, and Nashik are religious centers for the Hindus; Amritsar is the holy city of the Sikhs; and Satrunjaya Hill near Palitana is sacred to the Jains." |
 | | The traditional gateway to India, the west was the preindependent stronghold and is the present industrial heart. |
 | | Certainly the island of Salsette, now Kalyan, was the ancient commercial port mentioned in the chronicles of merchants from ancient Assyria, Rome, Greece, Arabia and Iran who did business with the coastal cities along the Arabian Sea. |
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