Note 40 — Chapter I · THE CONQUESTS OF ALEXANDER

Khojend was probably Alexandria eschata or the furthest (East). Samarcand, of which the ancient name was Maracanda, is said by Baber to be a foundation of Alexander’s. Herat was Alexandria Ariana, and Merv probably Alexandria Margiana, while Cabul seems to have been Ortospana. Among the other Alexandrias which have retained their old importance are Alexandria Arachosiana or Candahar, Alexandria Caucasiana or Begram, and Alexandria Sogdiana or Hyderabad. See J. W. McCrindle, Invasion of India by Alexander the Great, 1896, pp. 36 sqq., and Droysen, Histoire de l’Hellénisme, (French edition), Paris, 1883, I. pp. 408 sqq.