Alexandria on the Caucasus

Bagram, Afghanistan

Alexandria in the Caucasus (Ancient Ἀ Alexándreia, medieval Kapisa, modern Bagram) was a colony of Alexander the Great. It was one of many colonies designated with the name "Alexandria". He founded the colony at an important junction of communications in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, in the country of the Paropamisadae. In Classical times, the Hindu Kush mountains were also designated as the "Caucasus", specifically as "Caucasus Indicus" (Ancient) in parallel to their Western equivalent, the Caucasus Mountains between Europe and Asia.

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