Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiana?)
settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD
Ai Khanoum is an archaeological site near the modern town of Dast-i-Qal'a in Afghanistan's Takhar Province. It is probably to be identified with the attested name "Alexandria Oxiana" (Alexandria on Oxus), which was founded in the fourth century BCE in the wake of the campaigns of Alexander the Great. It was a chief city of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom, but was abandoned around 145 BCE.
- Coordinates
- 37.16585, 69.41214
- Also known as
- Alexandria Oxiana, Ay Khānom, Ai-Khanoum, Ay Khanum (uz-Latn), Barbarah (en), Barbarah (en), Eukratideia (grc), Oyxonim (uz-Latn), Ārūkratīya (uz), Εὐκρατίδεια (grc), اروکرتیه (uz)
- 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)