Gandaris
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 19, 2026 11:10 PM
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History
Gandaris was an ancient kingdom in the valleys of the Swat and Kabul rivers. Its chief settlements were Purushapura and Takshashila.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59818
33.4900061158, 72.5120952409
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- Gandaris (550 BC - AD 640)
- Gandaritis (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Gandhāra (Gandhara: English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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- GANDARI INDI (Gandari Indi: Latin, AD 750 - AD 940)
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- Euas(...) (river) bounds Gandaris (550 BC - AD 640)
- Indus/Sinthos/Phison (river) bounds Gandaris (550 BC - AD 640)
- Kophen/Koa (river) bounds Gandaris (550 BC - AD 640)
region
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 C3 Gandaris
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: area N R. Kabul, between Kunar and R. Indus AFG/PAK Skt.: Gandhāra
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Gandaris: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59818> [accessed: 08 June 2026]
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