Grenet, Frantz
- BACTRIA ii. In the Avesta and in Zoroastrian tradition
ii. In the Avesta and in Zoroastrian Tradition In the Avesta Bactria is mentioned only in the list of countries…
- MITHRA ii. ICONOGRAPHY IN IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA
MITHRA ii. ICONOGRAPHY IN IRAN AND CENTRAL ASIA There is no known iconography of Mithra in the Achaemenid period. On…
- BACTRIA
BACTRIA i. Pre-Islamic period ii. In the Avesta and in Zoroastrian tradition (See also AFGHANISTAN vii and ix; and BALḴ.)
- BAGINA
BAGINA, BAGINAPATI, reconstructed Old Iranian words. The first designates a temple housing a cult image (from baga- “god,” “image of…
- EḴŠĪD
EḴŠĪD, Arabo-Persian form of a Sogdian royal title attested in Sogdian script as (ʾ)xšyδ (more anciently and more commonly written…
- BALḴ vi. Monuments of Balḵ
vi. Monuments of Balḵ The successive city-walls. The mud ramparts of Balḵ which still survive, superimposed one upon the other,…
- KIDARITES
KIDARITES, a dynasty that ruled Tokharistan (Ṭoḵarestān; now northern Afghanistan and southern Uzbekistan and Tajikistan) and later Gandhāra (q.v.), probably…
- BURIAL ii. Remnants of Burial Practices in Ancient Iran
BURIAL ii. Remnants of Burial Practices in Ancient Iran The burial practices of pre-Islamic Iran are known partly from archeological…
- DRÁPSAKA
DRÁPSAKA, Greek name of a Bactrian city in northern Afghanistan, the first town captured by Alexander the Great after crossing…
- SAMARQAND i. HISTORY AND ARCHEOLOGY
SAMARQAND i. History and Archeology Since the publication of the entry Afrāsiāb (EIr. I, 1984, pp. 576-78), new information has been brought…
- NĒZAK
NĒZAK (or Nizāk), dynastic name appearing on a long series of silver coins issued by a local dynasty in Kāpisā…