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Bagrām (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 57 57 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.9669 decimal degrees |
| Long: 069 15 54 E degrees minutes |
Long: 69.2650 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town on site of an ancient settlement; earliest references to Kapisa appear in the writings of fifth century BCE Indian scholar Pāṇini who refers to it as a city of the Kapisa kingdom; was subject to the Achaemenid empire (to 4th cen. BCE), Alexander the Great (4th cen. BCE), Kushan empire (1st-2nd cen. CE), & Sasanian empire (3rd cen. CE). |
Names: |
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| Bagrām (preferred,C,V)
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| Begram (C,V,English-P,U)
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| Bagrami (C,V)
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| Bagram (C,V)
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| بگرام (C,V,Aragonese,U)
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| Kapisa-Begram (C,V)
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| Alexandria (H,V)
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| Alexandria on the Caucasus (H,V)
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| Kapisa (H,V,S)
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| Kāpīsa (H,V)
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| Kapiśi (H,V)
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............ | as recorded by Pliny |
| Kaphusa (H,V)
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| Kapisene (H,V)
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| Kaviśiye (H,V)
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| کاپيسا (H,V,Persian-Farsi,U)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Bagrām (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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ca. 4th cen. BCE-ca. 3rd cen. CE |
| town (C) |
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| city (H) |
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| Achaemenid (H) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| possibly identified as .... |
Cartana .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Afghānestān, lost & found/Afghanistan) [8713064] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Alexandria.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 24 February 2020 |
| Alexandria on the Caucasus.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 24 February 2020 |
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