Historical place profile
Bazira
The site of an Indo-Greek settlement dating to the reign of King Menander I in the second century BC. This Hellenistic settlement covered some 30 ha at its peak. Earlier settlement phases have been identified, including a village dating ca. 1100-1000 B.C. in addition to Chalcolithic pit structures (ca. 1700 B.C.)
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:59740
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:59740
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 34.681325, 72.212801
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The site of an Indo-Greek settlement dating to the reign of King Menander I in the second century BC. This Hellenistic settlement covered some 30 ha at its peak. Earlier settlement phases have been identified, including a village dating ca. 1100-1000 B.C. in addition to Chalcolithic pit structures (ca. 1700 B.C.)
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 C3 Bazira
Source and reuse
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