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Arachosia
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Arachosia
Arachosia
is the
Hellenized
name of an ancient
satrapy
in the eastern part of the
Achaemenid
,
Seleucid
,
Parthian
,
Greco-Bactrian
, and
Indo-Scythian
empires. Arachosia was centred on
Arghandab
valley in modern-day southern
Afghanistan
, and extended east to as far as the
Indus River
in modern-day
Pakistan
. The main river of Arachosia was called
Arachotós
, now known as the
Arghandab River
, a tributary of the
Helmand River
. The Greek term "Arachosia" corresponds to the
Aryan land
of
Harauti
which was around modern-day
Helmand
. The Arachosian capital or metropolis was called
Alexandria
or Alexandropolis and lay in what is today
Kandahar
in Afghanistan. Arachosia was a part of the region of ancient
Ariana
.
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