Writing and Printing

Bactrian language

Bactrian (Bactrian: Αριαο, romanized: ariao [arjaː], meaning "Aryan"), concurrently referred to as (Bactrian: Παχλό, romanized: Paxlo [paxloː], meaning "Bactrian") was an Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Central Asian region of Bactria (some regions of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan) and used as the official language of the Kushan and the Hephthalite empires.

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• ▸History of Western typography
• ▸Action of 3 February 1812
• ▸DPG Media

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