Alexandria/Alexandropolis/Cufis

settlement · 540 BC – 2100 AD

Now Kandahar in Afghanistan, Alexandria/Alexandropolis/Cufis is an ancient site founded by Alexander the Great ca. 330 BC. The indigenous people of the Hellenistic period were likely the Pakthas.

Coordinates

31.60100, 65.65970

Also known as

Alexandreia (grc), Alexandreia en Arachōsia, Alexandreia en Arachosia, Alexandria in Arachosia (en), Alexandria, Alexandropolis, Arachōsia, Arachosia (grc), Cufis, Kandahār, Kandahar, Candahar (fa), Kandāhār, Qandahar (en), Qandahar (en), Qandahār (fa), Qandahār, Qandahar (fa), قندهار (fa), Ḳandehār (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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