Bactra/Zariaspa
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: St J. Simpson, F. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl
Creators: St J. Simpson, F. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
An ancient city of what is now northern Afghanistan. Bactra/Zariaspa (modern Balkh) was a center of Zoroastrianism.
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http://3.22.44.247/places/961886
36.7678774387, 66.9012833898
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 21197 (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Baktra (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bactra (Latin, 550 BC - AD 300)
- Βάκτρα (Baktra: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 226)
- Balḫ (Modern Standard Arabic, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
- Balḫ (Modern Persian, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
- Baḫl (Middle Persian, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Bāxtri (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Bāḫtri (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Lan-shih (Chinese, 30 BC - AD 226)
- Zaraspadum (30 BC - AD 300)
- Zariaspa (330 BC - AD 300)
- Ζαριάσπα (Zariaspa: Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 140 BC)
- Bactra/Zariaspa part of (regional) Bactria (region) (550 BC - AD 300)
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 98 G2 Bactra/Zariaspa
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Balkh AFG
St J. Simpson, F. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Bactra/Zariaspa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <http://3.22.44.247/places/961886> [accessed: 05 July 2025]
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