Map of 329 BC, Alexander’s Greek Empire reached Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Eastern Border marks the limits of the Globalizing Sassanid Empire from 200s - 600s
The Sassanid Zaroastrians looks a lot like the Eastern portion of Alexander’s reign. The Bactrians in the NorthEast eventually embraced Buddhism and made “greek” sculptures of the Buddha, as well as the massive standing Buddhas of Afghanistan. The Chisitan Prophet Mani learned about buddhism in Bactria.
It is also a gateway between India, China and The Middle East . This Satrap sat in the middle of a spurt of Globalization under the Zaroastrian Sassanids from the 200s to their fall in the mid-600s.
