Arachosia
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Arachosia, or Harauvatiš, was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire. Mainly centred around the Arghandab River, a tributary of the Helmand River, it extended as far east as the Indus River. The satrapy's
Depiction of Arachosian magi carrying various gifts and animals for ritual sacrifice at Persepolis
According to Roman historian Arrian, Greek explorer Megasthenes lived in Alexandropolis, from where he travelled to Pataliputra (now Patna, India) in the Mauryan Empire, to be received at the court of Chandragupta Maurya.
Alexander the Great with Greek troops in Arachosia (329 BCE)
Relief at Naqsh-e Rostam, on the tomb of Xerxes I, depicting an Arachosian soldier of the Achaemenid army (c. 470 BCE)
Naqsh-e Rostam
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Naqsh-e Rostam is an ancient archeological site and necropolis located about 13 km northwest of Persepolis, in Fars province, Iran. A collection of ancient Iranian rock reliefs are cut into the face o
Panorama of Naqsh-e Rostam. Rock carved tombs from left to right: Darius II, Artaxerxes II, Darius the Great, Xerxes I.
Upper register of the Achaemenid Tomb of Xerxes I
A 17th-century drawing of Naqsh e Rostam, by Jean Chardin