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Subject: Re: Afghanistan and Alexander
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:13:49 -0400
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The Greeks claim that there is a tribe in Afghanistan by the name of
Kalas(?) or Khalas (?) who are descendants from ancient Macedonians. Any
comments on the claim?
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From: "Rainer Thiel" <thielr@mailer.uni-marburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Afghanistan and Alexander


> At 13:01 27.09.01, Gert Young wrote:
> >Most maps of his (Alexander) travels, show that he travelled through
> >places like Kandahar, Ghazni and Kabul.
>
> Well, Kandahar's name was Alexandria or Alexandropolis in antiquity. Which
> suggests (to me) it was among the several cities founded either by
> Alexander himself or by people left behind during his campaign.
>
> -- Priv.-Doz. Dr. Rainer Thiel
>     - FB 10, Klass. Phil. - D-35032 Marburg, Germany (EU)
>     - For more information including my PGP public key see:
>       http://staff-www.uni-marburg.de/~thielr/
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>
>

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