Bactria

Proper noun

Meaning

Bactria

The ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya in the Middle East, encompassing parts of northern Afghanistan, eastern Turkmenistan, southern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and northern Pakistan.

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According to some writers, Bactria was the homeland of Indo-Iranian tribes who moved south-west into Iran and into north-western India around 2500–2000 BC. Source: Internet

A group of thirty Aramaic documents from Bactria have been discovered, and an analysis was published in November 2006. Source: Internet

After two years of war and a strong insurgency campaign, Alexander managed to establish little control over Bactria. Source: Internet

Bactria was located in northern Afghanistan (present-day Afghan Turkestan ) between the mountain range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya ( Oxus ) River and some areas of current south Tajikistan. Source: Internet

Bactria included northern Afghanistan and the upper Amu Darya. Source: Internet

Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 8, pg. 2246, "Bactria - Geography, History, Tokharistan, Archaeological sites", with this quote "The Bactrians are one of the ancestral lines of the modern-day Pashtuns, Tajiks, of Central Asia." Source: Internet

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