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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
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      "chunk_data": "Likewise Bartholomew journeyed through these (Nisibis and Assyria) and other regions and preached in Major Armenia; but he did not remain there; he betook himself to the regions of India where he was flayed.",
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