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Drangiane/Zarangiane (region)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Roaf

Contributors: Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 15, 2021 07:18 PM — History

A region located around Lake Hāmūn and the Helmand river in modern Sīstān.

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Show area in GeoNames, Google Maps, or OpenStreetMap.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29547

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.5, 62.5

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (550 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Derangae (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Drangae (330 BC - AD 300)
- Drangiane (550 BC - AD 300)
- Drangiani (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Sarangai (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Zarangae (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Zarangiane (550 BC - AD 300)
- Zranka (550 BC - 30 BC)

Drangiane/Zarangiane (region) makes connections with:

None

Drangiane/Zarangiane (region) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
region

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 6.76.6

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 H3 Drangiane/Zarangiane

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Helmand basin AFG/IRN

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Suggested citation:
M. Roaf, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Drangiane/Zarangiane (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29547> [accessed: 16 May 2022]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29547 |title=Places: 29547 (Drangiane/Zarangiane (region)) |author=Roaf, M. |accessdate=May 16, 2022 12:18 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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