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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Arachosia albiventris Mello-Leitão, 1922 – Brazil, Argentina Arachosia anyphaenoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (type) – Brazil Arachosia arachosia Mello-Leitão...
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(Alexandria of Arachosia). There are multiple theories as to the origin of the name Kandahar. The city of Old Kandahar was named Alexandria in Arachosia after...
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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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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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'Seleucid' Cappadocia, Persis, Parthia, Bactria, Arabia, Tapouria, Sogdia, Arachosia, Hyrcania, and other adjacent peoples that had been subdued by Alexander...
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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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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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