𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙖 old Persian Harauvatis

 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙖 𐏃𐎼𐎢𐎺𐎫𐎡𐏁 (Old Persian: Harauvatiš)

By Athena Arya.

Arachosia /ærəˈkoʊsiə/ is the 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 name of an ancient satrapy in the eastern part of the 𝘼𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙙, 𝙎𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙙, 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙣, 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤-𝘽𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣, and 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙤-𝙎𝙘𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙣 empires. Arachosia was centred on the Arghandab valley in modern-day southern 𝘼𝙛𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣, although its influence extended east to as far as the Indus River in modern day Pakistan. The main river of 𝘼𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙨 was called Arachōtós, now known as the Arghandab River, a tributary of the Helmand River. The 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙠 term "Arachosia" corresponds to the 𝘼𝙧𝙮𝙖𝙣 (𝖯𝗋𝗈𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗅𝗒 𝖲𝖼𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗌) land of 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞 which was around modern-day 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙. The Arachosian capital or metropolis was called 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙖 or 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙨 and lay in what is today 𝙆𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙝𝙖𝗿 in 𝘼𝙛𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣. Arachosia was a part of the region of ancient 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙖.

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬:

Arachosia

Alexandria in Arachosia

ARACHOSIA, province (satrapy)

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