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The 'Paropamisadae', also called 'Paropamisus', is a Greek name for an ancient area of the Hindu-Kush, in the Eastern part of Afghanistan. The territory is centered on the cities of Kabul and Charikar, around where the ancient cities of Kapisa and Begram have been identified. The ancient Kamboja Mahajanapada of the Buddhist texts comprised the territories of Paropamisus and extended towards south-west, as far as Rajauri to south-west of Kashmir.
The Greek name Παροπαμισάδαι or Παροπαμισσός was used extensively in Greek literature to describe the conquests of Alexander the Great and those of the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kings, from the 3rd to the 1st century BCE. The name looks like it came from the Avestic for "higher than an eagle can fly".
★ Indo-Greek kingdom
★ Greco-Bactrian kingdom
"The Greeks in Bactria and India" W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press
The Greek name Παροπαμισάδαι or Παροπαμισσός was used extensively in Greek literature to describe the conquests of Alexander the Great and those of the Greco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kings, from the 3rd to the 1st century BCE. The name looks like it came from the Avestic for "higher than an eagle can fly".
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See also
★ Indo-Greek kingdom
★ Greco-Bactrian kingdom
References
"The Greeks in Bactria and India" W.W. Tarn, Cambridge University Press
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