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Arachosia, Aria and Bactria are the ancient …
Years: 621BCE - 478BCE
Arachosia, Aria and Bactria are the ancient satraps of the Achaemenid Empire that make up most of what is now Afghanistan during the fifth century.
Some of the inhabitants of Arachosia are known as Pactyans, whose name possibly survives in today's Pakhtuns (Pashtuns).
Years: 621BCE - 478BCE
Groups
- Persian people
- Pashtun people (Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, or Pathans)
- Achaemenid Empire
- Achaemenid, or First Persian, Empire
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age India
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
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