Gandāra
| Achaemenid Gandhāra | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| c. 535 BCE–c. 338 BCE | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Gandāra was the easternmost territory of the Achaemenid Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | |||||||||||||||||||||
| • Type | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| King or King of Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||
• c. 535-530 BCE | Cyrus II (first) | ||||||||||||||||||||
• 359/8–338 BCE | Artaxerxes III (last) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Achaemenid era | ||||||||||||||||||||
| c. 535 BCE | |||||||||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | August/September c. 338 BCE | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gandāra, or Gadāra in Achaemenid inscriptions (Old Persian cuneiform: 𐎥𐎭𐎠𐎼, Gadāra[1] was one of the easternmost regions of the Achaemenid Empire in the Indian subcontinent, following the Achaemenid invasion of the Indus Valley. It appears in various Achaemenid writings such as the Behistun Inscription, or the DNa inscription of Darius the Great.[2]
References
- ↑ Some sounds are omitted in the writing of Old Persian, and are shown with a raised letter.Old Persian p.164Old Persian p.13. In particular Old Persian nasals such as "n" were omitted in writing before consonants Old Persian p.17Old Persian p.25
- ↑ Perfrancesco Callieri, INDIA ii. Historical Geography, Encyclopaedia Iranica, 15 December 2004.
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