Indica
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Indica may refer to:

Historical ethnographic accounts of India
  • Indica (Arrian)
    Indica (Arrian)
    Indica is the name of an ancient book about India written by Arrian, one of the main ancient historians of Alexander the Great. The book mainly tells the story of Alexander's officer Nearchus’ voyage from India to the Persian Gulf after Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Indus Valley...

    , Arrian's account of Nearchus' voyage from India
  • Indica (Biruni), the Biruni's account of his travels in South Asia
  • Indica (Ctesias), a recording of the beliefs of the Persians about India by Ctesias
    Ctesias
    Ctesias of Cnidus was a Greek physician and historian from Cnidus in Caria. Ctesias, who lived in the 5th century BC, was physician to Artaxerxes Mnemon, whom he accompanied in 401 BC on his expedition against his brother Cyrus the Younger....

  • Indica (Megasthenes), the Megasthenes' account of his travels in South Asia


Arts
  • Indica (Argentine band)
  • Indica (Finnish band)
    Indica (Finnish band)
    Indica is a Finnish pop rock group founded in 2001. Jani Jalonen of Sony Music became interested in the group, and a recording contract was signed 2003. Indica's first album, Ikuinen virta was released in 2004. It has since sold platinum in Finland....

  • Indica Gallery
    Indica Gallery
    Indica Gallery was a counterculture art gallery in Mason's Yard , St. James's, London, England during the late 1960s, in the basement of the Indica Bookshop co-owned by John Dunbar, Peter Asher and Barry Miles...

    , a London art gallery in the 1960s


Brands and companies
  • Indica Records
    Indica Records
    Indica Records is a Canadian record label based in Montreal, Quebec, founded by rock band Grim Skunk in 1997. The label was put together by the band, manager Simon Gallipeault, label manager Kyria Kilakos and head of promo Mariana Gianelli. Indica is considered to be the biggest "alternative"...

    , a Quebec record label
  • Tata Indica
    Tata Indica
    The Tata Indica is a hatchback automobile range manufactured by Tata Motors of India. It is the first passenger car from Tata Motors and is also considered India's first indigenously developed passenger car. , more than 910,000 Indicas were produced. The annual sales of Indica has been as high as ...

    , an automobile by Tata Motors, India

Biology / Taxonomy

Subspecies
  • Apis cerana indica
    Apis cerana indica
    Apis cerana indica is a subspecies of honey bee. A. c. indica is one of the important pollinating agents for coconut palms; the other species are: Apis florea, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera ....

    , a subspecies of honey bee and one of the important pollinating agents for coconut Palms
  • Acacia nilotica subsp. indica
    Acacia nilotica subsp. indica
    Acacia nilotica subsp. indica is a perennial tree native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. It is also cultivated in Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Tanzania...

    , a perennial tree native to Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan
  • Oryza sativa var. indica, the Indica rice, a long-grained cultivar of rice
  • Puccinia substriata var. indica
    Puccinia substriata var. indica
    Puccinia substriata var. indica is a plant pathogen.-External links:* *...

    , a plant pathogen subspecies
  • Cannabis indica
    Cannabis indica
    Cannabis indica is an annual plant in the Cannabaceae family. A putative species of the genus Cannabis, it is typically distinguished from Cannabis sativa. Schultes described C. indica as relatively short, conical, and densely branched, whereas C. sativa was described as tall and laxly branched...


See also

  • Indicus (disambiguation)
  • Indicum (disambiguation)
  • Mangifera austro-indica
    Mangifera austro-indica
    Mangifera austro-indica is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family. It is endemic to India.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

    , a plant species endemic to India
  • Opuntia ficus-indica
    Opuntia ficus-indica
    Opuntia ficus-indica is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant important in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. It is thought to possibly be native to Mexico...

    , the prickly pear, the Indian fig opuntia or barbary fig, a cactus species and a long-domesticated crop plant important in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world
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