Daxia
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ta-Hsia, Ta-Hia, Tahia, Ta Hsia, Ta Hia
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- Instance of
- historical region
- Country
- Han dynasty
- Location
- Bactria
- Said to be same as
- Khorasan Province
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- Records of the Grand Historian
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upright|thumb|Chinese characters for Ta-Hsia or Daxia
Daxia, Ta-Hsia, or Ta-Hia (; literally: 'Great Xia') was apparently the name given in antiquity by the Han Chinese to Tukhara or Tokhara: the main part of Bactria, in what is now northern Afghanistan, and parts of southern Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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