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Thursday said although police welcomed any proposals to reduce tension and violence in the province, they could not be party to unilateral dewas reacting to a 10-point safety and security charter released by the Inkatha Freedom Party on Wednesday which proposed measures to stop the violence in the province.
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Their proper names or titles are obviously Hindu, with occasional mixture of Persian, and their mountain of Maha-meru, elsewhere so well known as the seat of Indra and the dewas, sufficiently points out the mythology adopted in the country.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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