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Español: Mapa histórico del Imperio Aqueménida.
English: Historic map of the Achaemenid Empire
Français : Carte historique de l'empire achéménide
Arachosia , Aria and Bactria were the ancient satraps of the Persian Achaemenid Empire that made up most of what is now Afghanistan and western Pakistan during 500 B.C. The main inhabitants of Arachosia were known as Pactyans , whose name possibly survives in today's Pakhtuns .
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Author William R. Shepherd (b. 1871 - d. 1934)
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