Nagara (ancient city)

For other uses, see Nagara (disambiguation) and Dionysopolis (disambiguation).
Map marking the extent of ancient Nagarahara according to the work of William Simpson[1]

Nagara (Ancient Greek: Νάγαρα), also known as Dionysopolis (Διονυσόπολις), was an ancient city in the northwest part of India intra Gangem[a] ("India within the Ganges"), distinguished in Ptolemy by the title ἡ καὶ Διονυσόπολις 'also Dionysopolis'.[2] It also appears in sources as Nagarahara,[3] and was situated between the Kabul River and the Indus, in present-day Afghanistan. The site of Nagara is usually associated with a large stupa called Nagara Ghundi, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Jalalabad near Tepe Khwaja Lahori, south of the junction of the Surkhäb and Kabul rivers, where ancient ruins have been found.[4]

  1. ^ Errington, Elizabeth (2017). "Charles Masson and the Buddhist Sites of Afghanistan: Explorations, Excavations, Collections 1832−1835". British Museum Research Publication. 215: 156 (Figure 239). doi:10.48582/CHARLESMASSON_VOL1.
  2. ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 7.1.43.
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 6, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  4. ^ "Afghanistan Significant Site 155. Nagara Ghundi". www.cemml.colostate.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2019-01-31.


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