Definition & Meaning | English word JAXARTES

Definitions of JAXARTES

1. Alternative form of Iaxartes.

Examples of Using JAXARTES in a Sentence

• Xionite tribes reportedly organised themselves into four main hordes: "Black" or northern (beyond the Jaxartes), "Blue" or eastern (in Tianshan), "White" or western (possibly the Hephthalites), around Khiva, and the "Red" or southern (Kidarites and/or Alchon), south of the Oxus.
• Since the Kambojas were located in Badakshan and Pamirs, the Tusharas to the north of Pamirs, and the Sakas on the river Jaxartes and beyond, the Bahlikas or Bahlams, as neighbors to these people, should be placed in Bactria.
• Geographically, politically, and socially, Transoxiana was divided into four regions: Tokharistan on the upper Oxus valley, surrounded by the Hissar Mountains to the north and the Hindu Kush to the east and south; Sogdia to the east of the middle course of the Oxus, and around the Zarafshan river; Khwarizm or Chorasmia, on the lower Oxus and the river's confluence into the Aral Sea; and the lands north of the Hissar Mountains and along the Jaxartes river (modern Syr Darya), including Zhetysu and the Fergana Valley.
• Thus, one is mentioned between Bactriana and Sogdiana, between the Oxus and Jaxartes, and another between Drangiana and Arachosia.

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