Vrats dasht (Armenian: Վրաց դաշտ) is a term used by Armenian chroniclers to refer to lands of modern Northern Armenia and Southern Georgia.[1][2][3] The region also used to go by the name of Gugark (Armenian: Գուգարք). According to the Armenian historian Ukhtanes of Sebastia, the town of Tsurtav is located in the region of "vrac' dasht" (Iberian Plain).[4] Tsurtav is one of the main towns of the Gugark province.[5]
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- ^ ცაგურიშვილი, თეა. "ბოსლები - კარიბჭე". კარიჭე. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ Arzoumanian, Z., U. (1985). History of Armenia: History of the Severance of the Georgians from the Armenians. USA Z. Arzoumanian. Page 62.
- ^ Agop Jack Hacikyan (2002) The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century. Page 258.