Bactra/Zariaspa
settlement · 2000 BC – 2000 AD
An ancient city of what is now northern Afghanistan. Bactra/Zariaspa (modern Balkh) was a center of Zoroastrianism.
- Coordinates
- 36.76794, 66.90110
- Also known as
- Bactra (la), Bactra (la), Baktra, Paktra (grc), Balḫ, Balkh, Balx (arb), Baḫl, Bakhl (xmn), Belḫ,Belkh (ota), Bāxtri, Bāḫtri, Bakhtri, Baxtri (peo), Lan-shih (zh), Zaraspadum, Zariaspa, Zariasta (la), Zariasta (la), Βάκτρα (grc), Ζαριάσπα (grc), بلخ (ota)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)