Arachosia (/ærəˈkoʊsiə/; Greek: Ἀραχωσία Arachōsíā), or Harauvatis (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 Harauvatiš), was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. Mainly...
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Alexandria in Arachosia (Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἀραχωσίας) also known as Alexandropolis (Ἀλεξανδρόπολις) was a city in ancient times that is now called Kandahar...
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person. He spent time at the court of Sibyrtius, who was a satrap of Arachosia under Antigonus I and then Seleucus I. Megasthenes was then an ambassador...
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Arachosia albiventris Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil, Argentina Arachosia anyphaenoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (type) – Brazil Arachosia arachosia Mello-Leitão...
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2019-09-24. "Arachosia cubana". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24. "Arachosia cubana". NMBE World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2019-09-24. "Arachosia cubana species...
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Demetriapolis (redirect from Demetrias (Arachosia))
(Ancient Greek: Δημητριάπολις) or Demetrias (Δημητριάς) was a Greek city in Arachosia, thought to have been founded by the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius as...
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'Avesta-Schule' from Arachosia to Persia: thus the Avesta would have arrived in Persia through Arachosia in the 6th century B.C. [...] Although ... Arachosia would have...
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and gave it the Ancient Greek name Ἀλεξάνδρεια Ἀραχωσίας (Alexandria of Arachosia). Historically, this province is considered as an important political...
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names of the following: Arachosia, an ancient region in south Afghanistan the Arghandab River flowing through it Alexandria Arachosia, the main city in the...
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Strait of Hormuz. It is directly to the south of the countries of Bactria, Arachosia and Drangiana, to the east of the country of Carmania and due west of...
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'Seleucid' Cappadocia, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, Arabia, Tapouria, Sogdia, Arachosia, Hyrcania, and other adjacent peoples that had been subdued by Alexander...
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2020-06-16. "Parthian Stations". Vendidad 1, at Avesta.org Beyond is Arachosia, 36 schoeni. And the Parthians call this White India; there are the city...
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authority and was transformed into an empire, which encompassed Drangiana, Arachosia, and Gandhara. He is generally known from the Acts of Thomas, the Takht-i-Bahi...
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Avestan text corpus was composed in the ancient Iranian satrapies of Arachosia, Aria, Bactria, and Margiana, corresponding to the entirety of present-day...
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Apollodotus I, King of Paropamisade, Arachosia, Gandhara, and Punjab (c.180–160 BC) Antimachus II, King of Paropamisadae, Arachosia, Gandhara, and Punjab (c.172–167...
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ornamentation from Ionia, the ivory from Ethiopia and from Sindh and from Arachosia. The stone-cutters who wrought the stone were Ionians and Sardians. The...
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southwards of the Helmand River not far off from the city of Alexandria in Arachosia (present day Kandahar). Largely desert, the region is bisected by the...
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metropolis of Arachosia", thought to be Alexandria Arachosia, which he said was still Greek even at such a late time: Beyond is Arachosia. And the Parthians...
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List of Anyphaenidae species (section Arachosia)
(type) — Brazil Arachosia arachosia Mello-Leitão, 1922 — Venezuela, Brazil Arachosia avalosi Rubio & Ramírez, 2015 — Brazil, Argentina Arachosia bergi (Simon...
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Greco-Bactrians. Demetrius may have first started to recover the province of Arachosia, an area south of the Hindu Kush already inhabited by many Greeks but...
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is said to have taught in the city, perhaps in the 15th century BCE. Arachosia (modern Kandahar) was considered the second fatherland of Zoroastrianism...
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failed attempt to conquer Gedrosia, Cyrus attacked the regions of Bactria, Arachosia, Sogdia, Saka, Chorasmia, Margiana and other provinces in the east. In...
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Afghanistan Timeline Ancient Medieval Modern Related historical regions Arachosia Aria Ariana Bactria Gandhara Iran Kabulistan Kafiristan Khorasan Kushanshahr...
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Safavids, Hotaks, and the Durranis. It was one of the main cities of Arachosia, a historical region sitting in Greater Iran's southeastern lands and...
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Issyk kul Tokmok Bishkek Osh Afghanistan Bactra (Balkh) Herat Alexandria Arachosia (Kandahar) Bamyan Kabul Pakistan Purusapura Pushkalavati Takshashila Multan...
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Alexander through Media, Parthia, Aria (West Afghanistan), Drangiana, Arachosia (South and Central Afghanistan), Bactria (North and Central Afghanistan)...
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330 BCE Gedrosia, c. 542 – c. 330 BCE Gandhara, c. 518 – c. 330 BCE Arachosia, c. 518 – c. 330 BCE Hindush, c. 517 – c. 330 BCE Sattagydia, c. 516 –...
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important ruler Azes. Gondophares became the ruler of areas comprising Arachosia, Seistan, Sindh, Punjab, and the Kabul valley, but it does not seem as...
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Afghanistan Timeline Ancient Medieval Modern Related historical regions Arachosia Aria Ariana Bactria Gandhara Iran Kabulistan Kafiristan Khorasan Kushanshahr...
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between Persia and Arachosia concerning the Zoroastrian faith. It is believed that the Avesta had arrived in Persia through Arachosia. Thus the region is...
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