| Hindush 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire | |||||||||
| c. 513 BCE–c. 325 BCE | |||||||||
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 Approximate territorial extent of the Achaemenid realm in the Indus Valley | |||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarchs | |||||||||
• 513–499 BCE | Darius I (first) | ||||||||
• 336–330 BCE | Darius III (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
| c. 513 BCE | |||||||||
| c. 325 BCE | |||||||||
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Hindush (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 Hidūš)[a] was an administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire, in modern-day Punjab. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, it was the "easternmost province" governed by the Achaemenid dynasty. Established through the Persian conquest of the Indus Valley in the 6th century BCE, it is believed to have continued as a province for approximately two centuries, ending when it fell to the Macedonian Empire during the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great.
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