The zero was probably introduced to the Chinese in the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907 AD ) when travel in the Indian Ocean and the Middle East would have provided direct contact with India, allowing them to acquire the concept of zero and the decimal point from Indian merchants and mathematicians.

The concept of an atom as an indivisible component of matter was first proposed by early Indian and Greek philosophers.

In the Pan Indian philosophic thought the term ' Satyam Shivam Sundaram ' is another name for the concept of the Supreme.

This concept of Satyam-Shivam-Sundaram, a kind of Value Theory is the cornerstone of Indian Aesthetics.

that which upholds, supports or maintains the regulatory order of the universe ) means Law or Natural Law and is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy and religion.

The concept of diplomatic immunity can be found in ancient Indian epics like Ramayana ( between 500 and 301 BC ) and Mahabharata ( around 4th century BC ) where messengers and diplomats were given immunity from capital punishment.

This was a concept which played a central role in the development of Taguchi methods by Genichi Taguchi, which took place during his visit to Indian Statistical Institute in early 1950s.

The Indian concept of the atom was developed independently and prior to the development of the idea in the Greco-Roman world.

In Western culture, the custom of a newlywed couple going on a holiday together originated in early 19th century Great Britain, a concept borrowed from the Indian elite, in the Indian Subcontinent.

Most of the positional base 10 numeral systems in the world have originated from the Indian subcontinent, where the concept of positional numeration was first developed.

Karma ( ; ) in Indian religions is the concept of " action " or " deed ", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect ( i. e., the cycle called saṃsāra ) originating in ancient India and treated in the Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh religions.

Patrick Olivelle asserts that the origin of the concept of the cycle of birth and death, the concept of samsara, and the concept of liberation in the Indian tradition, were in part the creation of the non-Vedic Shramana tradition.

This is a concept of central importance in Indian philosophy and religion.

The Seychelles government is one of the proponents of the Indian Ocean zone of peace concept and it has promoted an end to the United States presence on Diego Garcia.

In Indian religions, for example, the concept of salvation ( which is called moksha ) involves being free from an endless process of transmigration of the soul, a belief that is absent from Abrahamic soteriology.

The pig stands for ignorance ; this comparison is based on the Indian concept of a pig being the most foolish of animals, since it sleeps in the dirtiest places and eats whatever comes to its mouth.

The Wheel of time or wheel of history ( Kalachakra ) is a concept found in several religious traditions and philosophies, notably religions of Indian origin such as Hinduism and Buddhism, which regard time as cyclical and consisting of repeating ages.

Karma is the concept of " action " or " deed " in Indian religions.

* Maya ( illusion ), in Indian religion, the principal concept which manifests, perpetuates and governs the illusion and dream of duality in the phenomenal Universe

Indian religions are generally not exclusivist, different beliefs are permitted and there is no clear-cut concept of heresy or apostasy.

The concept of an Indian Territory was an outcome of the 18th and 19th century policy of Indian removal.

Thus followed the line of Lomonosov and the contributions of the Russian school became more frequent through his disciples, and in the nineteenth century we have great geographers as Vasily Dokuchaev who performed works of great importance as a " principle of comprehensive analysis of the territory " and " Russian Chernozem " latter being the most important where introduces the geographical concept of soil, as distinct from a simple geological strata, and thus founding a new geographic area of study: the Pedology.

For times predating 1899, usage of the term " Sudan " for the territory of the Republic of Sudan is somewhat anachronistic, and may also refer to the more diffuse concept of the Sudan region

In recent years there has been tension between this principle and the concept of humanitarian intervention under Article 73. b of the United Nations Charter " to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of advancement.

It has been argued that this could create a flexible application of concept of sovereignty and territorial integrity, easing the strict adherence and taking into account the de facto status of the territory and other factors present on a case by case basis.

Furthermore, the Court declared that the concept of terra nullius ( un-owned land ) did not apply to the territory.

Using the 15-province system and the name of Kiang-nan Province indicates that the concept of China proper probably had appeared between 1645 and 1662 and this concept may reflect the idea that identifies China as the territory of the former Ming Dynasty after the Manchu conquest of Ming.

Since the states and territories are responsible for most public delivery and all regulation of providers, a central concept of the system is " national recognition " whereby the assessments and awards of any one registered training organisation must be recognised by all others and the decisions of any state or territory training authority must be recognised by the other states and territories.

This view holds that the concept of ethnicity is basically a tool used by political groups to manipulate resources such as wealth, power, territory or status in their particular groups ' interests.

In 1990, The Rank Group, a London-based leisure company, acquired Mecca Leisure Group and continued expansion of the concept in its geographic territory.

In the Caribbean, long-time promotion the World Wrestling Council, owned by Carlos Colon and based out of Puerto Rico, was a member from 1973 until 1988, when the territory concept became semi-obsolete due to WCW ’ s growth.

Propst's concept was the " back-up ", a two-or three-sided vertical division that that defined territory and afforded privacy without hindering the ability to view or participate in surrounding activities.

In the fourteenth century, the shugo lords could not claim province wide ownership of territory: first, the concept of personal provincial ownership was as yet undeveloped ; second, they never amassed large amounts of personal property, relying rather on using the traditional framework of estate lands and public lands to enfoeff their vassals.

The Roman legal concept of imperium meant that an " imperial " magistrate or promagistrate had absolute authority within the competence of his office ; a promagistrate with imperium appointed to govern a province, therefore, had absolute authority within his capacity as governor of that province ; indeed, the word provincia referred both to the governor's office or jurisdiction and to the territory he governed.

In federal realms of the Commonwealth, the concept of the Crown-in-the-legislature only applies to those units which are considered separate divisions of the monarchy, sovereign within their own sphere, such Australian states or the Canadian provinces ; this is the basis of the legal distinction between a province and a territory in Canada, for example.

Rise of Nations employs the concept of " territory ", as employed in the Civilization long series of games ; the area near the player's settlements is considered their territory, and players may only construct buildings within their territory or that of an ally.

The concept of organizing a strong federation on the basis of craft evolved out of conflict between the Knights of Labor ( KOL ), which organized mass organizations of unskilled, semiskilled and skilled workers by territory, and the American Federation of Labor ( AFL ), which organized only skilled workers.

He argues that the notion of Pakistan using Afghan territory for its own purposes is a " distortion of a concept or of history " and is being used to vilify Pakistan.

Additionally, the first appearance of substantive due process as a concept arguably appeared earlier in the case of Bloomer v. McQuewan,, so that Chief Justice Taney would not have been entirely breaking ground in his Dred Scott opinion when he pronounced the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional because, among other reasons, an " act of Congress that deprived a citizen of his liberty or property merely because he came himself or brought his property into a particular territory of the United States, and who had committed no offence against the laws, could hardly be dignified with the name of due process of law.

From this national definition of consumption expenditure may be distinguished the household final consumption expenditure according to the domestic concept which includes household expenditure made on the domestic territory by residents and inbound tourists, but excludes residents ' expenditure made abroad.

The concept of " balance " here often refers to an equitable trade-off between securing territory in the corner versus making good thickness toward the sides and center.