Ortospana (Greek: Ὀρτόσπάνα) or Cabura (Greek: Κάβουρα) was an ancient city of Bactriana, which there is good reason for supposing is identical with the modern town of Kabul.[1][2][3][4]

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The name is written variously in ancient authors Ortospana or Ortospanum; the latter is the form adopted by Pliny.[5] Three principal roads leading through Bactriana met at this place; hence the notice in Strabo of the ἡ ἐκ Βάκτρον τρίοδος.[6] The three roads may be, the pass by Bamian, that of the Hindu Kush, and that from Anderab to Khawar.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Vaux 1857, pp. 497–498.
  2. ^ Strab. xi. p. 514, xv. p. 723; κάρουρα ἡ καὶ Όρτόσπάνα.
  3. ^ Ptol. Geog. vi. 18. § 5.
  4. ^ Amm. Marc. xxiii. 6.
  5. ^ Plin. NH. vi. 17. s. 21.
  6. ^ Strab. xi. p. 514, xv. p. 723.

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