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Incredible India - III
Cryptography
In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.Cryptography
Here are some quotes by famous international personalities about India. Can you decipher them?
Ry ryhrb, r lwkyh b qbfj wl zwqmbxo xriryn kuwy mpj jbqmp, dkm ywm bhpjqryn mw rm, rypbdrmryn frmrjo, dkm ywm djryn lrejh mw mpjz, uwoojooryn jijqcmpryn, dkm uwoojoojh dc ywmpryn - Buwxxwyrko Mcbybjko
Rm ro mqkj mpbm jijy bfqwoo mpj przbxbcby dbqqrjq ryhrb pbo ojym mw mpj gjom, okfp nrlmo bo nqbzzbq byh xwnrf, uprxwowupc byh lbdxjo, pcuywmroz byh fpjoo, byh bdwij bxx ykzjqbxo byh mpj hjfrzbx ocomjz. - Grxx Hkqbym
Mpj okqnjqc wl mpj byfrjym ryhrby upcorfrbyo gbo dwxh byh ovrxlkx. B oujfrbx dqbyfp wl okqnjqc gbo hjhrfbmjh mw qprywuxbomc wq wujqbmrwyo lwq rzuqwiryn hjlwqzjh jbqo, ywojo byh lwqzryn yjg wyjo, gprfp jkqwujby okqnjwyo pbij ywg dwqqwgjh. - Orq G. Pkymjq
Blmjq mpj fwyijqobmrwyo bdwkm ryhrby uprxwowupc, owzj wl mpj rhjbo wl skbymkz upcorfo mpbm pbh ojjzjh ow fqbac okhhjyxc zbhj zkfp zwqj ojyoj. - G. Pjrojydjqn
Ry ryhrb, r lwkyh b qbfj wl zwqmbxo xriryn kuwy mpj jbqmp, dkm ywm bhpjqryn mw rm, rypbdrmryn frmrjo, dkm ywm djryn lrejh mw mpjz, uwoojooryn jijqcmpryn, dkm uwoojoojh dc ywmpryn - Buwxxwyrko Mcbybjko
Rm ro mqkj mpbm jijy bfqwoo mpj przbxbcby dbqqrjq ryhrb pbo ojym mw mpj gjom, okfp nrlmo bo nqbzzbq byh xwnrf, uprxwowupc byh lbdxjo, pcuywmroz byh fpjoo, byh bdwij bxx ykzjqbxo byh mpj hjfrzbx ocomjz. - Grxx Hkqbym
Mpj okqnjqc wl mpj byfrjym ryhrby upcorfrbyo gbo dwxh byh ovrxlkx. B oujfrbx dqbyfp wl okqnjqc gbo hjhrfbmjh mw qprywuxbomc wq wujqbmrwyo lwq rzuqwiryn hjlwqzjh jbqo, ywojo byh lwqzryn yjg wyjo, gprfp jkqwujby okqnjwyo pbij ywg dwqqwgjh. - Orq G. Pkymjq
Blmjq mpj fwyijqobmrwyo bdwkm ryhrby uprxwowupc, owzj wl mpj rhjbo wl skbymkz upcorfo mpbm pbh ojjzjh ow fqbac okhhjyxc zbhj zkfp zwqj ojyoj. - G. Pjrojydjqn
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In India, I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it, inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything, but possessed by nothing - Apollonius TyanaeusIt is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to the west, such gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism and chess, and above all numerals and the decimal system. - Will Durant
The surgery of the ancient Indian physicians was bold and skilful. A special branch of surgery was dedicated to rhinoplasty or operations for improving deformed ears, noses and forming new ones, which European surgeons have now borrowed. - Sir W. Hunter
After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of Quantum Physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense. - W. Heisenberg
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