Alexandria on the Caucasus
Ancient city · Afghanistan
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 34.992, 69.311
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Античный город
History
Alexandria in the Caucasus was a colony of Alexander the Great. It was one of many colonies designated with the name "Alexandria". He founded the colony at an important junction of communications in the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, in the country of the Paropamisadae.