GurgaonGurugram, anciennement Gurgaon, est une ville de l'État indien de l'Haryana. La ville est située à 20 km de New Delhi et à 10 km de l'aéroport de Delhi. La ville est un des plus grands centres d'affaires d'Inde et le siège indien de très nombreuses multinationales. Elle se développe très rapidement et on y trouve l'une des plus grandes concentrations en centres commerciaux (shopping malls) du pays. La ligne de métro Delhi-Gurugram a été inaugurée en à l'occasion des Jeux du Commonwealth.
ŚrautaŚrauta is a Sanskrit word that means "belonging to śruti", that is, anything based on the Vedas of Hinduism. It is an adjective and prefix for texts, ceremonies or person associated with śruti. The term, for example, refers to Brahmins who specialise in the śruti corpus of texts, and Śrauta Brahmin traditions in modern times can be seen in Kerala and Coastal Andhra. The Sanskrit word śrauta is rooted in śruti ("that which is heard", referring to scriptures of Hinduism).
UttarapathaAncient Hindu and Buddhist texts use Uttarapatha as the name of the Northern part of Jambudvipa (equivalent of present-day North India), one of the "continents" in Hindu history. In modern times, the Sanskrit word uttarapatha is sometimes used to denote the geographical regions of North India, Western India, Central India, Eastern India, Northeast India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal in just one term. The pronunciation of the word varies depending on the regional language of the speaker.
Empire NandaLa dynastie Nanda règne sur le nord de l'Inde entre 345 et 321. À son apogée, l'empire Nanda s'étend du Bengale au Pendjab. Il est ensuite conquis par Chandragupta Maurya, qui fonde la dynastie Maurya. La dynastie des Nanda est fondée par un fils de barbier, Mahapadma, auquel succèdent ses huit fils. Amant de la reine de Magadha et assassin du roi Kalashoka, il remplace celui-ci et met à mort tous les descendants de la dynastie des Shishunaga. Son accession au trône provoque une vive réaction chez les princes des royaumes voisins.
KosambiKosambi, ou Kauśâmbî, maintenant en ruine, était une des plus grandes cités dans l'Inde, en 500 av. J.-C. C'était la capitale de Vatsa (aussi Vasma). La ville se trouvait à quelque 150 km à l'ouest de Bénarès. On trouvait à Kosambi quatre arama. et Gautama Bouddha y séjourna à différentes occasions, y dispensant ses enseignements. C'est dans cette ville que se produisit l'unique schisme du vivant du Bouddha: un moine fut excommunié en raison d'un manquement aux règles monastiques qu'on lui reprochait.
GaṇasaṅghaGana-Sangha (Sanskrit: गणसङ्घ) or Gana-Rajya (Sanskrit: गणराज्य) was a type of clan structure oligarchy in ancient India. The word (ˈgʌnə; Sanskrit: गण) in Sanskrit and Pali means group of community. It can also be used to refer to a body of attendants and can refer to any assemblage or association of men formed for the attainment of the same aims, denotes the gathering of a given community. The word sangha in Sanskrit means association, assembly, company or community.
Matsya (tribe)Matsya (Sanskrit: ; Pāli: ) was an ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of central South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age. The members of the Matsya tribe were called the Mātsyeyas and were organised into a kingdom called the Matsya kingdom. in Pāli and in Sanskrit mean "fish". The kingdom of the Mātsyeyas covered an extensive territory, with the Sarasvatī river and the forests skirting it as its western border, and its southern boundaries being the hills near the Chambal River.
Copper Hoard cultureCopper Hoard culture describes find-complexes which mainly occur in the western Ganges–Yamuna doab in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. They occur in hoards large and small, and are dated to the first half of the 2nd millennium BCE, although very few derive from controlled and dateable excavation contexts. The copper hoards are associated with the Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP), which is closely associated with the Late Harappan (or Posturban) phase of the IVC.
Battle of the Ten KingsThe Battle of the Ten Kings (दाशराज्ञ युद्ध) is a battle, first alluded to in the 7th Mandala of the Rigveda (RV), between a king of the Bharatas (tribe) and a confederation of tribes. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Bharatas and subsequent formation of the Kuru polity. It is possible that the Battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rigveda, may have "formed the 'nucleus' of story" of the Kurukshetra War, though it was greatly expanded and modified in the Mahabharata's account.
