Alexandria (3), 'of the Arachosians'

Pierre Briant

doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.298

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Alexandria(3)

, 'of the Arachosians'

Alexandria(3)

, 'of the Arachosians'

Pierre Briant

https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.298
Published online: 22 December 2015

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Alexandria (3) ‘of the Arachosians’, founded by *Alexander (3) the Great in 329 bce on the strategic site of the *Achaemenid capital of Arachosia (Old Kandahar). Besides a Graeco-Aramaic edict of *Ashoka (SEG 20. 326), a statue-base with a Hellenistic inscription has been found there (SEG 30.

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