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Mir Zakah

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Mirzaka is a district of Paktia Province , Afghanistan . The estimated population in 2019 was 9,533.

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2-465: Mir Zakah 33°46′00″N 69°29′00″E  /  33.76667°N 69.48333°E  / 33.76667; 69.48333 is a village in the Mirzaka District of Paktia Province in eastern Afghanistan , and on the old caravan route from Ghazni to Gandhara . Two of the largest ancient coin deposits ever attested to, were discovered in the village, in 1947 and 1992. The hoards contained over half

4-504: A million punch-marked coins dating from the late 5th century BC, to the 1st century AD, containing early Indian bent-bar and punch-marked coins, Greek, Graeco-Bactrian, Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian, Indo-Parthian, and Kushana origins coins. The hoards were plundered in later years, and seen being openly sold, in February 1994, in the Peshawar bazaar. The village he controversial Alexander Medaillon

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