Old Kandahar
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Old Kandahar is a historical section of the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.
Ancient city of Old Kandahar (Alexandria Arachosia) (red) on the southwestern side of Kandahar
Plan of the citadel. This destroyed fortress is still standing today.
The failed Mughal Siege of Kandahar in 1649. Mughal, mid-17th century. Padshahnama.
An 1881 photo showing the ruined Old Kandahar citadel of Shah Hussain Hotak that was destroyed by the Afsharid forces of Nader Shah Afshar in 1738.
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)