Ancient World

Hindush

Hindush (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, romanized: Hindūš) was an administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire in the lower Indus Valley. Established after the Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley in the 6th century BCE, it is believed to have existed as a province for approximately two centuries, until it fell to the Macedonian Empire during the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, it was the "easternmost province" governed by the Achaemenid dynasty.

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• ▸Apollonius of Tyana
• ▸Church of Zion, Jerusalem
• ▸Behistun papyrus

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