Bactria (disambiguation)
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Bactria was an ancient region of Central Asia centred on the city of Balk (Bactra) in present-day Afghanistan.
Bactria may also refer to:
- Bactria (satrapy), administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire covering the region
- Bactria (fly), a genus of insects in the family Asilidae
- Bactria (plant), a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae
See also
[edit]- Bactrian (disambiguation)
- Balkh (disambiguation)
- Bahlika (disambiguation), Sanskrit name of the region
- Daxia (disambiguation), Chinese name of the region
- Bactra (moth), a moth genus