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Bactria

Greek was the administrative language of Greco-Bactrian kingdoms

323 BC
Takhar, Afghanistan

Following the conquest of Bactria by Alexander the Great in 323 BC, for about two centuries Greek was the administrative language of his Hellenistic successors, that is, the Seleucid and the Greco-Bactrian kingdoms.


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