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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...
- by some authors. The
kingdom was
founded in 19/20 when the
governor of
Drangiana (Sakastan)
Gondophares declared independence from the
Parthian Empire...
-
campaign took
Alexander through Media, Parthia, Aria (West Afghanistan),
Drangiana,
Arachosia (South and
Central Afghanistan),
Bactria (North and Central...
- south-western ****stan.
Mostly corresponding to the then
Achaemenid region of
Drangiana and
extending southwards of the
Helmand River not far off from the city...
- Seleucid, like
Drangiana, with
which it is
linked by easy routes." "For more than a century, the
Seleucids remained in
control of the [
Drangiana] region. [...
- Harī, Aria
Laghman Lampaka Jalalabad Adinapur Kandahar Arachosia Lashkargah Bost, Bust
Zaranj Zranka, Zarangia,
Drangiana Kunduz Drapsaka, Walwalij...
- It is
directly to the
south of the
countries of Bactria,
Arachosia and
Drangiana, to the east of the
country of
Carmania and due west of the
Indus River...
-
suggests that the
Medes may have
conquered Hyrcania, Parthia, Sagartia,
Drangiana, Aria and Bactria,
becoming an
empire that
stretched from
Anatolia in...
