Browse Iranica BACTRIA TypeHeadwordLast UpdatedDecember 14, 2016Print DetailVol. III, Fasc. 4, pp. 339-344PublishedDecember 15, 1988 Print share BACTRIA i. Pre-Islamic periodii. In the Avesta and in Zoroastrian tradition(See also AFGHANISTAN vii and ix; and BALḴH.)