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Ariana
Ariana
(Aryana), the
Latinized
form of the
Ancient Greek
Ar(e)iane
(inhabitants: ;
Ar(e)ianoi
), was a general
geographical
term used by some
Greek
and
Roman
authors of the
ancient period
for a district of wide extent between
Central Asia
and the
Indus River
, comprehending the eastern provinces of the
Achaemenid Empire
that covered the whole country of modern day
Afghanistan
, and a few parts of
India
,
Pakistan
,
Tajikistan
,
Iran
,
Turkmenistan
, and
Uzbekistan
.
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