Indica — (or indicum) means of India , or Indian , in Latin and is applied to things connected with India:* The specific epithets indica and indicum are used in binomial nomenclature to indicate species (or subspecies) of plants, animals etc thought to… … Wikipedia
Megasthenes — (Μεγασθένης, ca. 350 – 290 BCE) was a Greek ethnographer in the Hellenistic period, author of the work Indica. He was born in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and became an ambassador of Seleucus I of Syria possibly to Chandragupta Maurya in… … Wikipedia
Indica (Arrian) — Indica is the name of an ancient book about India written by Arrian, one of the main ancient historians of Alexander the Great. The book mainly tells the story of Alexander s officer Nearchus’ voyage from India to the Persian Gulf after Alexander … Wikipedia
Megasthenes — (* um 350 v. Chr.; † um 290 v. Chr.) war ein antiker griechischer Diplomat, Geschichtsschreiber und Geograph. Leben und Werk Geboren in Kleinasien, lebte er laut Arrian im Gebiet des seleukidischen Teilreichs Gedrosien Arachosien (heute… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Megasthēnes — Megasthēnes, griech. Geschichtschreiber, um 300 v. Chr. Gesandter des Seleukos Nikator bei dem indischen König Sandrokottos, verfaßte vier Bücher »Indica«, ein Werk, das den Höhepunkt der Kenntnis des Altertums über Indien bildete, die Quelle für … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Megasthenes — ▪ Greek historian born c. 350 BC died c. 290 ancient Greek historian and diplomat, author of an account of India, the Indica, in four books. An Ionian, he was sent by the Hellenistic king Seleucus I (Seleucus I Nicator) on embassies to the… … Universalium
Kalinga (India) — Kalinga was a kingdom in central eastern India, which comprised most of the modern state of Orissa, as well as some northern areas of the bordering state of Andhra Pradesh. It was a rich and fertile land that extended from the river Damodar to… … Wikipedia
Puranas — For other meanings, see Purana (disambiguation). The Puranas (Sanskrit: sa. पुराण IAST|purāṇa , of ancient times ) are a group of important Hindu (or Jain and Buddhist) religious texts, notably consisting of narratives of the history of the… … Wikipedia
Gangaridai — was the name of a kingdom in 300 BC in what is now the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent. It was described by the Greek traveller Megasthenes in his work Indica. The Greek and Latin historians suggested that Alexander the Great withdrew… … Wikipedia
Sihag — Jat clan: Sihag Religion Hinduism Islam Varna Kshatriya … Wikipedia
