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{{Short description| | {{Short description|Province of the Achaemenid Empire}} | ||
{{ | {{Infobox Former Subdivision | ||
{{ | | conventional_long_name = Hindush | ||
| native_name = {{nobold|{{script|Xpeo|𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁}}}} | |||
| | | common_name = Hindush | ||
| | | era = [[Iron Age in India|Iron Age]] | ||
| | | subdivision = [[Satrapy]] | ||
| | | nation = the [[Achaemenid Empire]] | ||
| image_map = Eastern Satrapies of the Achaemenid Empire.jpg | |||
| | | image_map_caption = Approximate territorial extent of the Achaemenid realm in the [[Indus Valley]] | ||
| | | image_flag = [[File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg|115px]] | ||
| | | flag = Shahbaz (bird) | ||
| flag_type = Standard of Cyrus the Great | |||
| year_start = {{circa|513 BCE}} | |||
| year_end = {{circa|325 BCE}} | |||
| p1 = Sindhu-Sauvīra | |||
| flag_p1 = | |||
| p2 = | |||
| flag_p2 = | |||
| s1 = Wars of Alexander the Great{{!}}Macedonian Empire | |||
| flag_s1 = | |||
| s2 = | |||
| flag_s2 = | |||
| s3 = | |||
| flag_s3 = | |||
| leader1 = [[Darius the Great|Darius I]] (first) | |||
| year_leader1 = 513–499 BCE | |||
| leader2 = [[Darius III]] (last) | |||
| year_leader2 = 336–330 BCE | |||
| government_type = [[Monarchy]] | |||
| title_leader = [[King of Kings|Monarchs]] | |||
| capital = | |||
| event_start = [[Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley|Persian conquest of the Indus Valley]] | |||
| event_end = [[Indian campaign of Alexander the Great]] | |||
| demonym = | |||
| today = modern-day [[Pakistan]] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Hindush''' ( | '''Hindush''' ({{Lang-peo|𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁|𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁}} {{transl|peo|Hidūš}}){{Efn|Transcribed as {{transl|peo|Hiⁿdūš}} because the nasal "n" before consonants was omitted in the Old Persian script, and simplified as {{transl|peo|Hindūš}}.}}) was a province of the [[Achaemenid Empire]] in lower [[Indus Valley]] (modern [[Sindh]]) established after the [[Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley|Achaemenid conquest]] circa 500 BC. According to Herodotus, it was the "easternmost province" of the empire. It is believed to have continued as a province until the [[Indian campaign of Alexander the Great|invasion of the empire by Alexander the Great]] circa 326 BC. | ||
== Name == | == Name == |
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