Hindush
Sign in to saveHindush ( ) was an administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire in the lower Indus Valley. Established through the Persian conquest of the Indus Valley in the 6th century BCE, it is believed to have continued as a province for approximately two centuries, ending when 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.
Key facts
- Former Subdivision.conventional_long_name
- Hindush
- Former Subdivision.common_name
- Hindush
- Former Subdivision.subdivision
- Satrapy
- Former Subdivision.nation
- the Achaemenid Empire
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- Eastern Satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire.jpg
- Former Subdivision.image_map_caption
- Hiⁿdūš was part of the easternmost territories of the Achaemenid Empire
- Former Subdivision.image_flag
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- Former Subdivision.flag
- Shahbaz (bird)
- Former Subdivision.flag_type
- Standard of Cyrus the Great
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- Sindhu-Sauvīra
- Former Subdivision.s1
- Wars of Alexander the GreatMacedonian Empire
- Former Subdivision.leader1
- Darius I (first)
- Former Subdivision.year_leader1
- 513–499 BCE
- Former Subdivision.leader2
- Darius III (last)
- Former Subdivision.year_leader2
- 336–330 BCE
- Former Subdivision.government_type
- Monarchy
- Former Subdivision.title_leader
- Monarchs
- Former Subdivision.event_start
- Persian conquest of the Indus Valley
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- Second Persian invasion of Greece
- Demographic representation
- See also
- Notes
- References
Hindush ( ) was an administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire in the lower Indus Valley. Established through the Persian conquest of the Indus Valley in the 6th century BCE, it is believed to have continued as a province for approximately two centuries, ending when 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.
== Etymology == left|thumb|150px|Hindush was written in Persian inscriptions as '''' (Old Persian cuneiform: , ). It is also transliterated as since the nasal "n" before consonants was omitted in the Old Persian script, and simplified as .