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Takhar

  • North-eastern Afghanistan

    Takhar

    Between Kunduz and Badakhshan: fertile river plains, salt hills praised by Marco Polo, and the Greek city of Ai-Khanoum on the Amu Darya.

  • c. 250–125 BCE

    Greco-Bactrian

    After Alexander, a Hellenistic kingdom flourishes; Ai-Khanoum on the Amu Darya places a Greek theatre beside Central Asian craft.