SodasaSodasa (Kharosthi: 𐨭𐨂𐨜𐨯 Śu-ḍa-sa, Śuḍasa; Middle Brahmi script: Śo-dā-sa, Śodāsa, also Śu-dā-sa, Śudāsa) was an Indo-Scythian Northern Satrap and ruler of Mathura during the later part of the 1st century BCE or the early part of 1st century CE. He was the son of Rajuvula, the Great Satrap of the region from Taxila to Mathura. He is mentioned in the Mathura lion capital. Sodasa's name is recorded in Kharosthi as Śuḍasa (𐨭𐨂𐨜𐨯) and in Brahmi as Śodāsa () and Śudāsa (), which are derived from the Saka name *Śudāsa, meaning "who kept the good acts in memory".
Histoire de l'alphabet grecL’alphabet grec est, historiquement, à l'origine des alphabets modernes servant à écrire les langues européennes. Ce n’est pas une création ex nihilo, car il est dérivé des alphabets utilisés sur la côte de Phénicie, l’alphabet phénicien. Celui-ci est à proprement parler un abjad, un alphabet consonantique. Cependant, vers le , des matres lectionis y apparurent pour indiquer certaines voyelles, surtout des voyelles finales.
Shahbaz GarhiShahbaz Garhi, or Shahbazgarhi, is a village and historic site located in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is at an altitude of 293 metres (964 feet). It is about 12 km from Mardan city. It has mountains, green trees, open fields and a small river in the centre of the village. In old times all these facilities made it attractive for the army and travelers to dig in their tents here, stay for few days and organize their further strategy.
ChilasChilas () is a city in Pakistani-administered Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the divisional capital of Diamer Division and is located on the Indus River. It is part of the Silk Road, connected by the Karakoram Highway and N-90 National Highway to Islamabad and Peshawar in the southwest, via Hazara and Malakand divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. To the north, Chilas connects to the cities of Tashkurgan and Kashgar in Xinjiang, via Gilgit, Aliabad, Sust, and the Khunjerab Pass.
Grottes de BarabarLes grottes de Barabar, parfois aussi nommées grottes de Khalatika du nom de la colline à l'époque d'Ashoka, ou bien « grottes des Sat-Garha » (des sept caves), sont les plus anciennes grottes artificielles de l'Inde, datant de l'Empire Maurya (322-185 ). L'entrée de ces grottes, creusées dans de gigantesques blocs de granite datent du , durant la période Maurya, à l'époque de l'empereur Ashoka (qui régna de 273-232 ) et de son petit-fils et successeur Dasharatha Maurya.
