Hindush
| Hindush 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | |||||||||
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| Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire | |||||||||
| c. 513 BCE–c. 325 BCE | |||||||||
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Standard of Cyrus the Great | |||||||||
Approximate territorial extent of the Achaemenid realm in the Indus Valley | |||||||||
| Demonym | Indian | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarchs | |||||||||
• 513–499 BCE | Darius I (first) | ||||||||
• 336–330 BCE | Darius III (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
• Persian conquest of the Indus Valley | c. 513 BCE | ||||||||
• Indian campaign of Alexander the Great | c. 325 BCE | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
Hindush (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 Hidūš) was an administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire. It was the "easternmost province" governed by the Achaemenid dynasty.