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Acknowledgements Navin Juyal and P.S. Thakker thank Ashtapad Research Foundation, L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad, for support and Dr. Rajnikant Shah for IKONOS data. P.S. Thakker also thanks Dr. R. R. Navalgund, Director, SAC, Ahmedabad and Dr. Ajay, then Group Director, FLPG/ RES1 PA/SAC for encouragement and Shashikant Sharma for processing the IKONOS data. We thank two anonymous reviewers for critical comments and suggestions.
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