Bactria

"Bactrian" redirects here. For the camel, see Bactrian camel. For the language, see Bactrian language. Bactria (Bactriana, Bākhtar in Persian, also Bhalika in Arabic and Indian languages, and Ta-Hia in Chinese) was the ancient Greek name of the country between the range of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya (Oxus); its capital, Bactra or Balhika or Bokhdi (now Balkh), was located in what is northern Afghanistan.
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