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Bactra/Zariaspa

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: St J. Simpson, F. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Wikidata contributors, H. Kopp, Andy Meadows, World Historical Gazetteer, B. Siewert-Mayer, WHG, R. Talbert, Ethan Gruber, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sebastian Heath, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Last modified Feb 09, 2026 05:12 PM — History
An ancient city of what is now northern Afghanistan. Bactra/Zariaspa (modern Balkh) was a center of Zoroastrianism.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/961886

36.7679408775, 66.9010967796
    • Bactra (Latin, 550 BC - AD 300)
    • Βάκτρα (Baktra: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 226)
    • Balḫ (Modern Standard Arabic, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
    • Balḫ (Modern Persian, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
    • Baḫl (Middle Persian, AD 300 - AD 640)
    • بلخ (Belḫ: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1300 - AD 1923)
    • Bāxtri (540 BC - 330 BC)
    • Bāḫtri (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 540 BC - 330 BC)
    • Lan-shih (Chinese, 30 BC - AD 226)
    • Zaraspadum (30 BC - AD 300)
    • Zariaspa (330 BC - AD 300)
    • Ζαριάσπα (Zariaspa: Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 140 BC)
    • Zariasta (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
    None

settlement

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 98 G2 Bactra/Zariaspa

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Balkh AFG


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St J. Simpson, F. Hiebert, P.L. Kohl, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Wikidata contributors, H. Kopp, Andy Meadows, World Historical Gazetteer, B. Siewert-Mayer, WHG, R. Talbert, Ethan Gruber, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sebastian Heath, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Bactra/Zariaspa: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/961886> [accessed: 11 July 2026] 

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