Oxiana is the region surrounding the Amu Darya River which flows along Afghanistan`s northern border separating it from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan before turning northwest into Turkmenistan to the Aral Sea. In ancient times, the river was known as the Oxus in Greek. Robert Byron wrote about Oxiana in his book The Road to Oxiana describing his ten ....
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archaic or obsolete terms > Places: The country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya, which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union.
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