Kabul

settlement · 1200 BC – 2100 AD

Pre-modern settlement at and around the area of modern Kabul, Afghanistan has been known by various names in a variety of languages and periods. Excavations begun in the early twenty-first century have significantly extended scholarly understanding established in the early-to-mid 20th century.

Coordinates

34.52076, 69.17134

Also known as

Caman-Hazuri (peo), Chaman-i Ḥaz̤ūrī (fa), Kaboura (grc), Kophen, Kābil (ota), Kābol, Kabol (fa), Kābul, Kabul (arb), Kābūl, Kāvul, Kavul (xmn), Kōphēn, Kophen (grc), Ortaspana, Ortospana, Ortaspana (grc), Čaman Hezārī, Caman Hezari, Chaman Hezari, Caman-Hazuri (fa), كابل (ota), چمن حضوری (fa)

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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