No detailed information regarding pestilences in Bengal is available before the Mohammedan period. Farishta, a contemporary of Akbar, mentions the occurrence of bubonic plague in Bihar in 1548. A very devastating pestilence ravaged Gaur*, the medieval capital of Bengal, in 1573. During this epidemic ' Thousands died daily; living were wearied with burying the dead. Corpses of Hindus and Mohamme...

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SPREAD-SPECTRUM CHANNELS Eko N. Onggosanusi, Barry D. Van Veen, and Akbar M. Sayeed Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Wisconsin{Madison Madison, WI 53706 [email protected],fvanveen,[email protected] ABSTRACT A spread-spectrum spatio-temporal signaling scheme based on electric eld polarization is proposed. The information symbol is transmitted via two perpendicul...