WebCalcutta ou Kolkata depuis 2001 [Note 1] (bengali : কলকাতা, hindi : कोलकाता) est une ville de l'Est de l'Inde.Capitale du Bengale-Occidental, située sur la rive gauche du fleuve Hooghly, Kolkata compte 4 399 819 habitants [1] et son agglomération 14 millions [2], ce qui en fait la troisième agglomération du pays, après Delhi et Bombay, et la 14 e au monde.

WebLocation. Kanchrapara is located at It has an average elevation of 10 metres (32 feet). Kanchrapara is bounded by Kalyani and Gayespur in Nadia district on the north, Jayanpur, Palladaha, Kampa, Srotribati, Chandua and Jetia on the east and Halisahar on the south and west. Bijpur is a neighbourhood in Kanchrapara.. 96% of the population of …

WebThe Badami cave temples are a complex of Hindu and Jain cave temples located in Badami, a town in the Bagalkot district in northern part of Karnataka, India.The caves are important examples of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami Chalukya architecture, and the earliest date from the 6th century.Badami is a modern name and …

WebEtymology. The name Barrackpore may have originated from the English word barracks, as it was the site of the first cantonment of the British East India Company.Alternatively, the Ain-i-Akbari suggests that the name comes from "Barbakpur". Manasa Vijay, written by Bipradas Pipilai, refers to Talpukur (a place in Barrackpore) as "Charnak".. History. The …

WebPachisi (/ p ə ˈ tʃ iː z i /, Hindustani: [pəˈtʃiːsiː]) is a cross and circle board game that originated in Ancient India.It is described in the ancient text Mahabharata under the name of "Pasha". It is played on a board shaped like a symmetrical cross. A player's pieces move around the board based upon a throw of six or seven cowrie shells, with the number of …

WebNorth 24 Parganas (abv.24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India.North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22° 11′ 6″ north to 23° 15′ 2″ north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east. Barasat is the district headquarters of North 24 Parganas. North 24 Parganas is West …

WebDakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu navaratna temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, a form of Parashakti Adya Kali, otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika. The temple was built in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a Zamindar, philanthropist and a …

WebGangaridai (Greek: Γανγαρίδαι; Latin: Gangaridae) is a term used by the ancient Greco-Roman writers (1st century BCE-2nd century AD) to describe a people or a geographical region of the ancient Indian subcontinent.Some of these writers state that Alexander the Great withdrew from the Indian subcontinent because of the strong war elephant force of …

WebBarasat (/ ˈ b ɑː r ə ˌ s ʌ t /) is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.It is the headquarters of Barasat Sadar subdivision.It is close to Kolkata (25.3 km from Kolkata) and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority ().Located in the Ganges delta, Barasat is a regional …

WebThe archaeological sites of Wari-Bateshwar and Chandraketugarh are linked to the Gangaridai kingdom. In Ptolemy's world map, the emporium of Sounagoura was located in Bengal. Roman geographers also noted the existence of a large natural harbour in southeastern Bengal, corresponding to the present-day Chittagong region. Bengal in ...