Nagara/Dionysopolis
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
Nov 04, 2024 03:24 PM
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History
Ptolemy records the city of Nagara, also known as Dionysopolis. Cohen posits that Nagar is likely located near Jalalabad, perhaps at modern Nagarahara.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59942
34.430195, 70.460128
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (30 BC - AD 300)
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- Διονυσόπολις (Dionysopolis: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Nagara (30 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Nagara/Dionysopolis located near Ǧalālābād (unspecified date range)
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None
unlocated, settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 C3 Nagara/Dionysopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nagarahara AFG
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Nagara/Dionysopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59942> [accessed: 20 June 2025]
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