Marakanda
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Tom Elliott, World Historical Gazetteer
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Last modified
Nov 08, 2025 09:20 AM
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History
Marakanda (now Samarkand in Uzbekistan) was a major ancient settlement founded ca. 700 BC by the Sogdians. Alexander the Great conquered Marakanda during his eastern campaigns.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59915
39.656498, 66.947223
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20471 (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Marakanda part of (regional) Sogdiana (unspecified date range)
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- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 B2 Marakanda
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Samarkand UZB
M.U. Erdosy, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Tom Elliott, and World Historical Gazetteer, 'Marakanda: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59915> [accessed: 18 February 2026]
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