BHAMAHA, the indian scientist 2-nd floor. 7 century. The tract " Poetic dressings " on a Sanskrit.

BHARATA, old indian nation ariev. Has come in the union of nations the hen which, having aggregated with panchalami, have created the first large state in India (ok. 7 century up to n. e.). Legends " about descendants bharatov " Kauravah and Pandavah have underlain the indian epos "Mahabharata". The title of terrain bharatov - Bharatavarshi (an interfluve of the rivers Jumna and Sutlej) - in an antiquity often was distributed to all India. From here the modern official title of Republic of India in tongue of a Hindi - Bharat.

BHARATAVARSHA (sanskr. Country bharatov), the ancient title the Sowing. India.

BHARATENDU HARISHCHANDRA (1850-85), the indian writer. Wrote on a Hindi. The initiator of a satirical direction in dramatic art of a Hindi. Plays to " the Mountain of India " (1880), "City Vsevverhdnom" (1881).

BHARATI, in old indian mythology the goddess of canticle.

BHARTRIHARI, the indian poet of 7 century. Wrote on a Sanskrit. Lyrical cycles " Hundred stanzas about love ", " Hundred stanzas about worldy wisdom ", " Hundred stanzas about otverzhenii the world ".

BHARHUT, location of one of the most ancient Buddhist mortar boxes (2 century up to n. e.), known the numerous reliefs.

BHASA (3-4 centuries), the old indian poet and the playwright.

BHASKARA (Bhashara Acharja) (1114 - mind. Later 1178), indian mathematician and the astronomer. Transactionses " the Wreath of the doctrine " ("Siddhanta-shiromani", 4 books, including "Lilavati" and "Bidzhaganita"), keeping methods of the solution of some algebraic and number-theoretic problems, astronomical cramps.

"BHASKARA", indian artificial satellites of the Earth for weather observations, probes of natural resources, etc. Are put into orbit by the Soviet launchers in 1979 and 1981. Mass "Bhaskary" of 444 kg. The title by name Bhaskary.

BHIKSHU (sanskr. A beggar), in ancient India - the Buddhist outlet box; should wear pesochno-yellow clothes and shave a head.

BHIKSHUNI (sanskr. A beggar), in ancient India - Buddhist nun.

BHILAI (Bhilainagar), city in India, in urban agglomeration Durg-Bhilainagar, pieces. Madhja-Pradesh. Center of iron and steel industry. State integrated iron-and-steel works (it is constructed with assistance of the USSR).

BHILY, group of peoples in India, an aboriginal population of mountain areas pieces. Madhja-Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. 3,7 million person (1992). Tongue indoiranskoj branches. Believing basically induisty.

BHIMA, the hero of "Mahabharata", one of five brothers Pandavov, the soldier - savage with a cudgel in arms, an enemy rakshasov.

BHISHMA, the hero of "Mahabharata", wise tutor Pandavov and Kauravov and the valiant commander.

BHOPAL, city in India, an administrative centre pieces. Madhja-Pradesh. 1,1 million inhabitants (1991). A railway junction. Chemical, cotton, a food-processing industry, a machine industry. University.

BHOTIJA, people, the main population of Bhutan (1000 thousand person, 1991). Live also in Nepal (ok. 110 thousand person) and India (ok. 90 thousand person). Tongue sinotibetskoj families. Buddhists believing main, in India - induisty.

BHRIGU, one of vedijskih wise men - rishi, the founder of a stem of sacrificers of fire.

BHUBANESHWAR, city in India, an administrative centre pieces. Orissa. 412 thousand inhabitants (1991). Ok. 500 temples (including temple Lingaradzha, ok. 1000). The modern residential districts (1948-56, the design of architect Le Corbusier). It is known from 5 century.