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title: Ochus
author: Antoine Simonin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/Ochus/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Ochus

_Authored by [Antoine Simonin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/Deathfinger/)_

The Ochus is a river, today-called Darya-i Pandj, which flows in modern Tajikistan and joins the Amou-Darya at the level of Takht-i Sangin. In Ancient Times it flew in the northern part of [Bactria](https://www.worldhistory.org/Bactria/) and joined the [Oxus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Oxus/) at the lvel of the town called Oxeiana (which was not Alexandreia Oxeiana).

The famous site of Aï Khanoum is located on the Ochus; until 2002 a general misunderstanding among historians was to make the Ochus the eastern part of the Oxus, and not one of its tributaries, which had several consequences on the allocation of ancient towns' names in the area, especially for Aï Khanoum.

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## About the Author

Passionate about ancient Central Asia. Maintains the website From Bactria to Taxila. Works in the Europa Barbarorum project.
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## Cite This Work

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Simonin, A. (2011, April 28). Ochus. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/Ochus/>
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