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Tukharistan

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tokharistan.
Tokharistan (also spelled Tocharistan or Tukharistan; Classical Persian: تخارستانTukhāristān or طخارستانṬukhāristān; lit. 'land of the Tochari') is a historical name used by Islamic sources in the early Middle Ages to refer to the area which was known as Bactria in Ancient Greek sources. The name appears before Islam in Bactrian as Τοχοαραστανο (Toxoarastano) on the 2nd-century silver dish of Nukunzuk and on two 5th-century Bactrian documents, a name which the Tochari gave to the areas they settled but which was likely limited initially to Bactria's eastern parts.