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According to Ptolemy 6.20.1 (cf. Strabo 15.2.9), Arachosia bordered on Drangiana in the west, on the Paropamisadae (i.e., the satrapy of Gandāra) in the north, on a part of India in the east, and on Gedrosia (or, according to Pliny, Natural History 6.92, on the Dexendrusi) in the south; Ptolemy also
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Sakac 1955: "The Iranian origin of the Croatians according to Constantine Porphyrogenitus", by S. Sakac, in "The Croatian nation in its struggle for freedom and independence" (Chicago, 1955); for other works by Sakac, cf. "Prof. Dr. Stjepan Krizin Sakac - In memoriam" by Milan Blazekovic,
867:: Horvati) and Arachosian name, but other researches indicate that there are also linguistic, cultural, agrobiological and genetic ties. Since Croatia became an independent state in 1991, the Iranian theory gained more popularity, and many scientific papers and books have been published. 665:. At what time (and in what form) Parthian rule over Arachosia was reestablished cannot be determined with any authenticity. From Isidore 19 it is certain that a part (perhaps only a little) of the region was under Arsacid rule in the 1st century CE, and that the Parthians called it 582:
was thrice defeated by the Achaemenid governor of Arachosia, Vivana, who so ensured that the province remained under Darius' control. It has been suggested that this "strategically unintelligible engagement" was ventured by the rebel because "there were close relations between
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8.13.3). Following Alexander's conquest of the Achaemenids, the Macedonian appointed his generals as governors (Arrian 3.28.1, 5.6.2; Curtius Rufus 7.3.5; Plutarch, Eumenes 19.3; Polyaenus 4.6.15; Diodorus 18.3.3; Orosius 3.23.1 3; Justin 13.4.22). In 316 BCE
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Beshevliev 1967: "Iranian elements in the Proto-Bulgarians" by V. Beshevliev (in Bulgarian)(Antichnoe Obschestvo, Trudy Konferencii po izucheniyu problem antichnosti, str. 237-247, Izdatel'stvo "Nauka", Moskva 1967, AN SSSR, Otdelenie Istorii)
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Tomicic 1998: "The old-Iranian origin of Croats", Symposium proceedings, Zagreb 24.6.1998, ed. Prof. Zlatko Tomicic & Andrija-Zeljko Lovric, Cultural center of I.R. of Iran in Croatia, Zagreb, 1999,
419:. But a recent discovery of an inscription on a clay tablet has provided proof that 'Kandahar' was already a city that traded actively with Persia well before Alexander's time. Isidore, 716:, before coming under attack from the Moslem Arabs. These kingdoms were at first vassals of Sassanids. Around 870 CE the Kushano-Hephthalites (aka Turkshahi Dynasty) was replaced by the 1503:
Vernadsky 1952: "Der sarmatische Hintergrund der germanischen Voelkerwanderung," (Sarmatian background of the Germanic Migrations), G. Vernadsky, Saeculum, II (1952), 340-347.
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Sakac 1949: "Iranisehe Herkunft des kroatischen Volksnamens", ("Iranian origin of the Croatian Ethnonym") S. Sakac, Orientalia Christiana Periodica. XV (1949), 813-340.
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the Arachosians and Drangians were under the command of a governor who, together with the army of the Bactrian governor, contrived a plot of the Arachosians against
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among lists of subject peoples and countries. It is subsequently also identified as the source of the ivory used in Darius' palace at Susa. In the
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Dvornik 1956: "The Slavs. Their Early History and Civilization." by F. Dvornik, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, USA., 1956.
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Arachosia, covering an area from Kandahar and Quetta to the western bank of the Indus, shared its northern boundary with Gandhara.
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in reference to their individual ethnicity, and that name may have been in reference to the modern-day ethnic group known as the
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in Afghanistan, the name of which was thought to be derived (via "Iskanderiya") from "Alexandria", reflecting a connection to
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mentions (6.20.3) several tribes of Arachosia by name—the Parsyetae, and, to the south, the Sydri, Rhoplutae, and Eoritae.
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captured Arachosia from the Indo-Parthians and ruled the region until around 230 CE, when they were defeated by the
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Vogelsang, W. (1985). "Early historical Arachosia in South-east Afghanistan; Meeting-place between East and West."
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Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE
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Hina 2000: "Scholars assert Croats are Descendants of Iranian Tribes", Hina News Agency, Zagreb, Oct 15, 2000 (
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Arab geographers referred to the region (or parts of it) as 'Arokhaj', 'Rokhaj', 'Rohkaj' or simply 'Roh'.
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The Grandeur of Gandhara: The Ancient Buddhist Civilization of the Swat, Peshawar, Kabul and Indus Valleys
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Arachosia is a mountainous area in which is now the border territory between Afghanistan and Pakistan...
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The chronologically next reference to Arachosia comes from the Greeks and Romans, who record that under
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to the area of Arachosia. This connection was at first drawn due to the similarity of Croatian (
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Transnationalism in Ancient and Medieval Societies: The Role of Cross-Border Trade and Travel
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Isidore of Charax, Parthians stations, 1st century CE. Original text in paragraph 19 of
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expelled the Indo-Greeks by the mid 1st century BCE, but lost the region to the
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overthrew the Mauryans in 185 BC, but shortly afterwards lost Arachosia to the
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King, Rhyne (2019). "Taxing Achaemenid Arachosia: Evidence from Persepolis".
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Identity in Persian Egypt: The Fate of the Yehudite Community of Elephantine
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In his list, Ptolemy also refers to a city named Arachotus (English:
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Map of the easternmost Persian satrapies, including Arachosia
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carrying various gifts and animals for ritual sacrifice at
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Persepolis fortification tablets. It appears again in the
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E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936
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Cambridge University Press. 24 June 2010. 1970:Taxation districts of the Achaemenid Empire 1335: 1231: 325:inscriptions, the region is referred to as 281:Map showing the Arachosian satrapy and the 1675: 1661: 1098:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 912: 253:as Arachosia's new capital city under the 1554:. BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. 1358:"Common Origin of Croats, Serbs and Jats" 908: 906: 904: 902: 773:, depicting an Arachosian soldier of the 753:of a 2nd-century map by Roman geographer 1286: 1170: 760: 744: 649:. It then became part of the break-away 597:with Greek troops in Arachosia (329 BCE) 589: 505: 276: 117: 1536:The Peoples of the West from the Weilue 1237: 1147:. Amsterdam: livius.org. Archived from 1079: 1008: 641:in 305 BCE as part of an alliance. The 578:(DB 3.54-76), the King recounts that a 546:The region is first referred to in the 14: 1988: 1489:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( 1112: 979:Howard, Michael C. (10 January 2014). 978: 899: 1656: 1142: 1038: 494:. This city is identified today with 1623: 1547:Draft annotated English translation. 1530:Draft annotated English translation. 700:were replaced in the 460s CE by the 1336:Budimir/Rac, Stipan/Mladen (1999). 1244:. Vol. 2. BRILL. p. 150. 1113:Foundation, Encyclopaedia Iranica. 1080:Schmitt, Rüdiger (10 August 2011). 931: 302:). "The same region appears in the 24: 1569:. London. Oxford University Press. 1238:Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (1987). 788:The inhabitants of Arachosia were 25: 2022: 1996:Historical regions of Afghanistan 1581: 1355: 1289:"Sarasvati Civilization Volume 1" 1174:Chandragupta Maurya and his times 1045:. Algora Publishing. p. 46. 538:, to be received at the court of 223:, it extended as far east as the 1957: 1360:. Bhubaneshwar: iranchamber.com. 1015:. 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Index

Rukhkhaj
Arachosia (spider)
𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁
Satrapy
Map of the easternmost Persian satrapies, including Arachosia
Achaemenid Persia

magi
Persepolis
/ærəˈksiə/
Greek
Old Persian
𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁
satrapy
Achaemenid Empire
Arghandab River
Helmand River
Indus River
Sárasvatī
Vedic Sanskrit
Alexander the Great
Alexandria Arachosia
Macedonian Empire
Alexander's conquest of Persia
Kandahar
Afghanistan

Pactyan people
Latinized form of Greek
Avestan

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