{"pages":{"82":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00106-cbd6e458a10ad6180d73.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"82","box":{"x":137,"y":134,"width":42,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":358,"y":141,"width":467,"height":20}},{"text":"67. 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