Hindu Kush (mountains)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Karen Rubinson, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
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Last modified
Sep 26, 2024 06:21 PM
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History
The Hindu Kush mountain range, which extends through Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, was known to the Greeks and Romans as the Paropamisos or Caucasus mountains. They are not to be confused with the other Caucasus Mountains (greater and lesser) between the Black and Caspian Seas.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59983
35.139083514, 68.5886328968
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 9310 meters.
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- Caucasus M. (unspecified date range)
- Parnassos M. (unspecified date range)
- Paropanisadai M. (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- None
- Meros (mountain) connection Hindu Kush (mountains) (unspecified date range)
mountain, map label location
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 B3 Paropamisos/Caucasus M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hindukush Avst.: para-uparæsana
M.U. Erdosy, Sean Gillies, Karen Rubinson, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Hindu Kush (mountains): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59983> [accessed: 30 January 2025]
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