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Drangiana Drangiana or
Zarangiana (Gr****: Δραγγιανή, Drangianē; also
attested in Old
Western Iranian as 𐏀𐎼𐎣,
Zraka or Zranka, was a
historical region...
- to a line of
local princes who had
governed the
Parthian province of
Drangiana since its
disruption by the Indo-Scythians in c. 129 BC, and may have...
- is also
attested in Old
Persian as Zranka. In Gr****, this word
became Drangiana.
Other historical names for
Zaranj include Zirra, Zarangia,
Zarani etc...
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campaign took
Alexander through Media, Parthia, Aria (West Afghanistan),
Drangiana,
Arachosia (South and
Central Afghanistan),
Bactria (North and Central...
- by some authors. The
kingdom was
founded in 19/20 when the
governor of
Drangiana (Sakastan)
Gondophares declared independence from the
Parthian Empire...
-
suggests that the
Medes may have
conquered Hyrcania, Parthia, Sagartia,
Drangiana, Aria and Bactria,
becoming an
empire that
stretched from
Anatolia in...
- as the
chiliarch Nabarzanes, and Barsaentes, the
satrap of Arachosia–
Drangiana.
Together they
arrested Darius III in mid-330 BC, with
Bessus being chosen...
- When
Alexander the
Great invaded the area it was
known as
Prophthasia in
Drangiana: the
Drangian capital Phrada was just
renamed in
October 330; 'Prophthasia'...
- Harī, Aria
Laghman Lampaka Jalalabad Adinapur Kandahar Arachosia Lashkargah Bost, Bust
Zaranj Zranka, Zarangia,
Drangiana Kunduz Drapsaka, Walwalij...
- ("water
producing land"). It was
recorded by the Gr****s and ****enized to
Drangiana in Gr**** literature. The
original word for this
region is
Zaranka which...
