History of Kandahar

[mayan]

History of Kandahar

Kandahar is the second largest city of Afghanistan and a major commercial center.
Alexander the Great founded the city in the 4th century BC and named it one of his
Alexandrias. Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of th
e Afghan Empire, made
Kandahar the capital of Afghanistan. In 1776, his son Timur Shah, transferred the
capital to Kabul. The name “Kandahar” may derive from Iskandariya (Alexander in
Persia) or from Gandahara, an ancient kingdom.

[Tjanaparh]

I think Kandahar as settlemenz will be quiet older than Alexander, or am I wrong?

[ډګروال]

I think Kandahar as settlemenz will be quiet older than Alexander, or am I wrong?

you are not wrong.

kandahar existed before alexander .

the false article even suggests that alexander build this city and the name is derived from alexandria which is totally false.

[torkham]

you are not wrong.

kandahar existed before alexander

the false article even suggests that alexander build this city and the name is derived from alexandria which is totally false.

Agreed, it is an established fact where there is a river, flat land there will be settlement. Its another example of white man's audacity; remember africa, english explores STUMBLE upon a magnificient water fall and history to date cites it as "english discovered Victoria falls in .....", ignoring millenia of Bushmen who had known/seen it before and on top of it naming it after their queen, or the mountain known as Sagarmatha/chomolungma having its name brushed off the map and replaced with Everest.

Back to قندا هار/كندهـار it appears even to an amatuer reader of history that it is more likely connected to gandhara culture, even the fabled river of sugary grapejuice necklace reference of قند او هـار. If thats not enough, dupree cited it to almost 5600 before hegira.

Many cities credited to sikandar retain the name with cogent semblance, eg alexandria/إلاسكندريه and another direct namesake in iraq, and other less so but claimed to be built by him, like herat, farah, bagram and a settlement near kunduz.

Man these historians and their prejudices, they whitewash every thing they possibly can.

[AfghanResistance]

History of Kandahar

Alexander the Great founded the city in the 4th century BC and named it one of his Alexandrias.

The name “Kandahar” may derive from Iskandariya (Alexander in
Persia) or from Gandahara, an ancient kingdom.

Sorry but you are wrong. I am sure i have already clarified this misconception in an early post but just to touch on it. Archaeologists have confirmed today that kandahar was a thriving city at least a thousand years before Alexander arrived. This therefore leads us to three crutial points:

1. Alexander therefore could have not founded this city.
2. The word Kandahar therefore has no correlation to the his name.
3. The Greeks, just like the persians highly exaggerated their success, achievements and victories and this is not the only evidence to indicate such but i just dont have the time to get into it all but i just wanted to make a point and clarify.

[Karachi]

Kandahar was very near the city of mehrgarh balochistan, which is said to be 9000 years old. this area was one of the early cities of humanity

[Khostai]

I wonder why there is so littel of ancient buildings left in places like Afghanistan. I mean you hear that here were citys like for 5000+ years, and citys like Kabul, Herat and Kandahar are as old as what, but most of the buildings dates from the Islamic era. There are no older buildings, like what you have in India, Egypt and Italy.....
And I know Afghanistan had a lot of war, but so has Italy and Egypt but you still find many tempels and civil construction, but not in Afghanistan, and also in Iran the same, you only have the ruins of persepolis, but that is of one big palace, and for the rest there is almost nothing. And Afghanistan had just one giant Budha, but that is also blown up -_-

[Karachi]

^They probably got destroyed with time, or may be still buried under the ground

[Khostai]

^ -_- I think there was just nothing that got destroyed, and all of the tales about glorious and big ancient citys are just exaggerated....

[Karachi]

^ there was no civilization on earth that can compare to the grandness of the ancient Egyptians, that's why their monuments have survived even after 5000 years. Most other civilization were not as advanced as the egyptians, thats why their monuments crumbled with time

[torkham]

^ there was no civilization on earth that can compare to the grandness of the ancient Egyptians, that's why their monuments have survived even after 5000 years. Most other civilization were not as advanced as the egyptians, thats why their monuments crumbled with time

Moenjodaro remains civilised.

[Khostai]

Moenjodaro remains civilised.

Thats outside Afghanistan

[ډګروال]

Thats outside Afghanistan

you are trying your too best to look Afghans as uncivilized and without any history.
yet you fail.

[Khostai]

you are trying your too best to look Afghans as uncivilized and without any history.
yet you fail.

and you fail at being a human.....

[badmash_khel]

There is no doubt that there were settlements in Kandahar before Alexander. Maybe they were not known as Kandahar. Cities always rise and decline. There is also no doubt according to historical sources that Alexander founded a city in that area as he did with important places he conquered like Alexandria in Egypt. Alexander is known as Sekandar in the East. Kandahar could come from last part of his name Sekandar hence Kandahar.