Local tradition associates the founding of the city with Darius; the site is probably to be identified with Early Islamic Shahr-i Dawar.
BALL Warwick (2018), Archaeological gazetteer of Afghanistan, revised edition, Oxford
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Location:
- Afghanistan, Kārēz-e Walang
- geo:32.355103,64.986053
- Location ± 0-5 m.
Period or year:
- 9xx / 12xx
Class:
- City
- visible
Identifiers:
- vici:place=34257
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