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      "chunk_data": "9. AMBROSE ON CHRISTIAN CONTACTS WITH INDIA\n(333-397 A.D.)\nThe reference to Brahmins in Ambrose of Milan's treatise De Moribus Brachmanorum makes it clear that the reference is to the Indian subcontinent. His knowledge of India was based upon the accounts of travellers as well as the Greek and Latin classics.",
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