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Arachosia (/ærəˈkoʊsiə/; Gr****: Ἀραχωσία Arachōsíā), or
Harauvatis (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁
Harauvatiš), was a
satrapy of the
Achaemenid Empire.
Mainly centred...
- meadow',
Sanskrit sáras 'lake, pond', Sárasvati 'sacred river', Old
Persian Harauvati 'Hārūt River; Arachosia',
Avestan Haraxvatī, idem. It may also be related...
- "Sarasvati" has also been
identified with the
Helmand in
ancient Arachosia, or
Harauvatiš, in
present day
southern Afghanistan, the name of
which may have been...
- information. *SáraswatiH / saras-u̯at-iH- Skt sárasvatī YAv. haraxᵛatī OPers.
Harauvati From PIE *séles 'marsh'. The name
refers to a
river (Sarasvati
River in...
- a
region described to be rich in rivers, and its Old
Persian cognate Harauvati. It may be
named after the holy
Sarasvati river mentioned in the Rigveda...
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Gandhara [Gadâra],
Scythia [Saka],
Sattagydia [Thataguš],
Arachosia [
Harauvatiš] and Maka [Maka]; twenty-three
lands in all.
Later in the inscription...
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Rigveda refer to the Ghaggar-Hakra River,
while the
Afghan river Haraxvaiti/
Harauvati Helmand is
sometimes quoted as the
locus of the
early Rigvedic river.[needs...
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names of many
Achaemenid provinces, such as
Harauvatish (the land of
Harauvati or Haraxvaiti, i.e., Arachosia) or
Bakhtrish (Bactria). Accordingly, Hindush...
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eastern frontier probably lay at the
Bolan P****.
Arachosia (Old
Persian Harauvatiš) had been one of the most
important regions of
Afghanistan since the Bronze...
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Gandara [Gadāra],
Scythia [Saka],
Sattagydia [Thataguš],
Arachosia [
Harauvatiš] and Maka [Maka]; twenty-three
lands in all. — Behistun
Inscription of...
