Etymology of Kapisa in the context of "Kapiśi"

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👉 Etymology of Kapisa in the context of Kapiśi

The Kingdom of Kapisa, appearing in contemporary Chinese sources as Caoguo () and Jibin (罽賓), was a state located in what is now Pakistan and Afghanistan during the late 1st millennium. Its capital was the city of Kapisa. The kingdom stretched from the Hindu Kush in the north to Bamiyan and Kandahar in the south and west, out as far as the Kunar valley the east.

The name Kapisa appears to be a Sanskritized form of an older name for the area, from prehistory. Following its conquest in 329 BC by Alexander the Great, Bagram and the surrounding area were known in the Hellenic world as Alexandria on the Caucasus in reference to the Hindu Kush as the "Indic Caucasus", although the older name appears to have survived.

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