The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.213
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.213
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The base from which this Persian power expanded into India was Bactria (Balkh), the country of the Oxus, which in the reign of Cyrus (558–530 B.C.) had become the eastern stronghold of Irān. From Bactria the armies of the Achaemenids, like those of Alexander and many subsequent conquerors, and like the invading tribes of Indo-Āryans many centuries before, passed over the Hindu Kush and through the valley of the Kābul river into the country of the Indus.