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The Bible has been transcribed into various shorthand systems (like Pitman shorthand) to demonstrate the efficiency of the script.
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The Diamond Sutra is the world's oldest dated printed book. It was printed in China in AD 868 using woodblock printing.
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Kalidasa, the greatest poet and playwright of the Sanskrit language, wrote 'Abhijnanashakuntalam' (The Recognition of Shakuntala).
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Sarojini Naidu, also known as the Nightingale of India, wrote the poem 'The Song of India'. She was a prominent poet and activist.
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'The Time Machine' is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. It popularized the concept of time travel.
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'A Farewell to Arms' is a novel by American author Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I.
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Anne Frank wrote her diary while hiding from the Nazis in a 'Secret Annex' of a house in Amsterdam, Holland (Netherlands) during WWII.
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'September on Jessore Road' is a poem by American poet Allen Ginsberg, written after he witnessed the plight of refugees during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.