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Alexandria in Opiana
Background
Ghazni was founded some time in antiquity as a small market town and is mentioned by Ptolemy. In the 6th century BC, the city was conquered by the Achaemenid king Cyrus II and incorporated into the Persian empire. The city was subsequently incorporated into the empire of Alexander the Great in 329 BC, and called Alexandria in Opiana.Ghazni was a thriving Buddhist centre up until the 7th century.List of Alexandria's
+ List of Alexandria's
- Alexandria in Egypt
- Alexandria Arachosia
- Alexandria Ariana
- Alexandria Asiana
- Alexandria Bucephalous
- Alexandria by the Latmus
- Alexandria Eschate
- Alexandria in Carmania
- Alexandria in Margiana
- Alexandria in Opiana
- Alexandria in Orietai
- Alexandria in Susiana
- Alexandria near Issus
- Alexandria Niceae
- Alexandria on the Caucasus
- Alexandria on the Hyphasis
- Alexandria on the Indus
- Alexandria on the Oxus
- Alexandria Prophthasia
- Alexandria Troas
- Alexandrupolis
