Sigal, Sakastan
Sigal was a city of the
Helmund valley in south-west Afghanistan
(ancient Sacastene).
The presence of the
Alexandria of the Arachosians), and the Parthian-controlled territory of Arachosia
to the south:
- "Beyond is Sacastana of the Scythian Sacae, which is also Paraetacena, 63 schoeni. There are the city of Barda and the city of Min and the city of Palacenti and the city of Sigal; in that place is the royal residence of the Sacae; and nearby is the city of Alexandria (and nearby is the city of Alexandropolis), and six villages." Parthian stations, 18.[1]
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