| Amal Khanum Gadjieva of the Bactria Cultural Centre in the capital says that the low quality of contemporary productions has left the post-Soviet generation uninterested in theatre. |
| They are spoken of in Arrian as Indians who dwelt near Bactria. |
| Balkh, also called Vazīrābād, village in northern Afghanistan that was formerly Bactra, the capital of ancient Bactria. |
| First there is the map on both inside covers tracing the great man's absurdly convoluted campaigns through such intestinally named places as Bactria, Sogdiana and Ecbatana. |
| From Bactria Alexander moved into India at the invitation of the local dynasts of the Kabul valley and Punjab. |
| Bactrian Sage, a name given to Zoroaster as a native of Bactria. |
