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Alexandria Eschate

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Tom Elliott, World Historical Gazetteer

Last modified Mar 06, 2026 10:49 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Located in central Asia, Alexandria Eschate (or "Alexandria the Farthest") was founded by Alexander the Great in August 329 B.C. The city was located in the Fergana Valley in what is now modern Tajikistan.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59672

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.264798, 69.640562

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 19951 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Alexandria Eschate (330 BC - AD 300)
- Cyreschata (30 BC - AD 640)
Associated Modern Names:
- Хуҷанд (Khujand: In Cyrillic characters Tajik, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- خجند (Ḫucend: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)

Alexandria Eschate makes connections with:

Alexandria Eschate located on Iaxartes/Silis/Tanais (river) (unspecified date range)

Alexandria Eschate receives connections from:

Hic Alexander Responsum accepit usque quo Alexander located at Alexandria Eschate (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 B1 Alexandria Eschate

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Khojend TAJ

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Suggested citation:
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Tom Elliott, and World Historical Gazetteer, 'Alexandria Eschate: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59672> [accessed: 12 June 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59672 |title=Places: 59672 (Alexandria Eschate) |author=Erdosy, M. |accessdate=June 12, 2026 7:45 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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