Bactria (disambiguation) explained

Bactria was an ancient region of Central Asia centred on the city of Balk (Bactra) in present-day Afghanistan.

Bactria may also refer to:

• Bactria (satrapy), administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire covering the region
• Bactria (fly), a genus of insects in the family Asilidae
• Bactria (plant), a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae

See also

• Bactrian (disambiguation)
• Balkh (disambiguation)
• Bahlika (disambiguation), Sanskrit name of the region
• Daxia (disambiguation), Chinese name of the region
• Bactra (moth), a moth genus