Kush (satrapy)

Achaemenid army, circa 480 BCE. Xerxes I

Old Persian: 𐎤𐎢𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠, pronounced Kūshīyā) among the territories being "ruled over" by the Achaemenid Empire. Derek Welsby states "scholars have doubted that this Persian expedition ever took place, but... archaeological evidence suggests that the fortress of Dorginarti near the second cataract served as Persia's southern boundary." The Book of Esther describes Ahasuerus as ruling an Empire that extended from Hodu (usually translated as India