Cham scriptThe Cham script is a Brahmic abugida used to write Cham, an Austronesian language spoken by some 245,000 Chams in Vietnam and Cambodia. It is written horizontally left to right, just like other Brahmic abugidas. The Cham script is a descendant of the Brahmi script of India. Cham was one of the first scripts to develop from a script called the Pallava script some time around 200 CE. It came to Southeast Asia as part of the expansion of Hinduism and Buddhism.
PaishachiPaishachi or Paisaci () is a largely unattested literary language of the middle kingdoms of India mentioned in Prakrit and Sanskrit grammars of antiquity. It is generally grouped with the Prakrits, with which it shares some linguistic similarities, but is still not considered a spoken Prakrit by the grammarians because it was purely a literary language, and because of its archaicism. The etymology of the name suggests that it is spoken by piśācas, "ghouls".
ShikshaShiksha (शिक्षा, IAST and ISO: ) is a Sanskrit word, which means "instruction, lesson, learning, study of skill". It also refers to one of the six Vedangas, or limbs of Vedic studies, on phonetics and phonology in Sanskrit. Shiksha is the field of Vedic study of sound, focussing on the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet, accent, quantity, stress, melody and rules of euphonic combination of words during a Vedic recitation. Each ancient Vedic school developed this field of Vedanga, and the oldest surviving phonetic textbooks are the Pratishakyas.
Maukhari dynastyThe Maukhari dynasty (Gupta script: , Mau-kha-ri) was a post-Gupta dynasty who controlled the vast plains of Ganga-Yamuna for over six generations from their capital at Kannauj. They earlier served as vassals of the Guptas and later of Harsha's Vardhana dynasty. The Maukharis established their independence during the mid 6th century. The dynasty ruled over much of Uttar Pradesh and Magadha. Around 606 CE, a large area of their empire was reconquered by the Later Guptas.
Alphasyllabaire odiaL’alphasyllabaire odia est un système d'écriture de type alphasyllabaire utilisé généralement pour écrire l'odia (anciennement appelé oriya). Il s'appelle aussi Utkala Lipi (en odia : ଉତ୍କଳ ଲିପି) ou Utkalakshara (en odia : ଉତ୍କଳାକ୍ଷର). il peut également servir à transcrire d'autres langues de l'Inde, comme le sanskrit, notamment dans l'Odisha. Il date au moins du . Il provient de la brahmi (comme de nombreuses écritures de l'Inde), par l'intermédiaire de l'.
Vrishni heroesThe Vrishni heroes (IAST: Vṛṣṇi Viras), also referred to as Pancha-viras (IAST: Pañca vīras, "Five heroes"), are a group of five legendary, deified heroes who are found in the literature and archaeological sites of ancient India. Their earliest worship is attestable in the clan of the Vrishnis near Mathura by 4th-century BCE. Legends are associated with these deified heroes, some of which may be based on real, historical heroes of the Vrishni clan.
Écriture birmaneL'écriture birmane (birman : မြန်မာအက္ခရာ, [mjàNmà ɛʔkhəjà], mranma akkha.ra) est un alphasyllabaire aux formes arrondies, utilisé en Birmanie pour l'écriture du birman. Quelques autres langues utilisent une partie des aspects et des lettres de l'écriture birmane, comme le môn, le shan, plusieurs langues karens comme le karen s'gaw, le karen pwo occidental et oriental, ou le karen pa'o, quelques langues taï comme l’aiton, le khamti, ou le tai phake, et elle a aussi été utilisée pour la transcription des langues pali et sanskrit.
Srivignette|170px|Le terme shrî, en écriture devanagari. Sri, écrit Shri ou Shree (devanāgarī : श्री, sanskrit : Śrī), est un mot attribué initialement à une déesse et signifiant « bonne, belle, heureuse ». C'est également un titre de vénération donné aux dieux hindous. L'origine de ce mot viendrait du nom d'une déesse hindoue de la Fortune (au sens de richesse et de chance) mentionnée dans le Rig-Veda et l'Arthava-Veda. Elle est proche des caractéristiques de Lakshmi avec laquelle elle est souvent confondue.
EranEran is an ancient town and archaeological site in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It was one of the ancient mints for Indian dynasties as evidenced by the diverse coins excavated here. The site has 5th and 6th-century Gupta era temples and monuments, particularly the colossal stone boar with sages and scholars depicted on the body of the sculpture. The inscription stones found at Eran are important to reconstructing the chronology of Gupta Empire history.
Punch-marked coinsPunch-marked coins, also known as Aahat coins, are a type of early coinage of India, dating to between about the 6th and 2nd centuries BC. It was of irregular shape. These coins are found over most parts of subcontinent and remained in circulation till the early centuries CE. The study of the relative chronology of these coins has successfully established that the first punch-marked coins initially only had one or two punches, with the number of punches increasing over time.
