Abstract

Ai-Khanoum or Ay Khanum (“Lady Moon” in Uzbek) possibly the historical Alexandria on the Oxus, also possibly later named Eucratidia), was founded in the 4th century B.C.E. following the conquests of Alexander the Great. It was one of the primary cities of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom.
Ai-Khanoum was one of the focal points of Hellenism in the East for nearly two centuries until its annihilation by nomadic invaders around 145 B.C.E.