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'''Aria''' ({{lang-el|{{lang|grc|Ἀρ(ε)ία}}}} ''Ar(e)ía'', آريا; [[Latin]] ''Aria'', representing [[Old Persian]]. 𐏃𐎼𐎡𐎺 ''Haraiva'', [[Avestan]] 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬋𐬌𐬬𐬀‎ ''Harōiva'') was an [[Achaemenid Empire|Achaemenid]] region centered on the city of [[Herat]] in present-day western [[Afghanistan]]. In classical sources, Aria has been several times confused{{Citation needed|date=April 2021|reason=Grandiose claim with no source}} with the greater region of ancient [[Ariana]], of which Aria formed a part. Pliny admits to the loss of Greek territory: "The Indians afterwards held a large part of Ariane (a satrapy of the Persian Empire encompassing what is now eastern Iran, south-western Afghanistan and Baluchistan) which they had received from the Macedonians, entering into marriage relations with him, and giving in return five hundred elephants, of which Sandrakottos had nine thousand.<ref name="CHARLES">" Pg. 60 : Pliny admits to the loss of Greek territory: "The Indians afterwards held a large part of Ariane [a satrapy of the Persian Empire encompassing what is now eastern Iran, south-western Afghanistan and Baluchistan] which they had received from the Macedonians, entering into marriage relations with him, and giving in return five hundred elephants, of which Sandrakottos had nine thousand."{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ashokasearchfori0000alle/page/n1/mode/1up?q=Ashoka+Maurya%E2%80%94or|title=Ashoka: The Search for India's Lost Emperor|last=Allen|page=60|first=Charles|date=2012-02-21|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-1-4087-0388-5|language=en}}</ref>