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Drangiana atau Zarangiana (Yunani: Δραγγιανή, Drangianē; dalam bahasa Persia Kuno disebut 𐏀𐎼𐎣, Zraka atau Zranka, Merupakan wilayah bersejarah yang dulunya adalah divisi administrasi Kekaisaran Achaemenid.
DRANGIANA. DRANGIANA (or Zarangiana), territory around Lake Hāmūn and the Helmand river in modern Sīstān. The name of the country and its inhabitants is first attested as Old Persian z-r-k (i.e., Zranka)in the great Bīsotūn iii inscription of Darius I (col. I l. 16), apparently the original name.
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The Citadel of Farah ( Pashto ; Dari: ارگ فراه ), also known as the Citadel of Alexander, and locally known as Shar-e-Farahdun. When Alexander the Great invaded the area it was known as Prophthasia in Drangiana: the Drangian capital Phrada was just renamed in October 330; 'Prophthasia' means 'Anticipation', modern Farâh, Afghanistan. [1]
Drangiana (Old Persian Zranka, "waterland"): satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid Empire (Sistan in modern Iran). The country is a dusty and often stormy desert with sandy dunes, but there are fertile plains along the river Etymandrus, modern Helmand Rûd. The Iranian tribe that the Greeks called Sarangians or Drangians was first subjected by the ...
Gondophares I (Greek: Γονδοφαρης Gondopharēs, Υνδοφερρης Hyndopherrēs; Kharosthi: 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪 Gu-da-pha-ra, Gudaphara; 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨥𐨪𐨿𐨣 Gu-da-pha-rna, Gudapharna; 𐨒𐨂𐨡𐨂𐨵𐨪 Gu-du-vha-ra, Guduvhara) was the founder of the Indo-Parthian Kingdom and its most prominent king, ruling from ...
Drangiana (drăn´jēā´nə, –ăn´ə), ancient country, part of the Persian Empire, between Aria on the north and Gedrosia on the south. It was conquered (330 BC) by Alexander the Great and incorporated into his empire. Drangiana is the modern Sistan region of Afghanistan and E Iran.
