Hind (Sasanian province)

Hind (also spelled Hindestan) was the name of a southeastern Sasanian province lying near the Indus River. The boundaries of the province are obscure. The Austrian historian and numismatist Nikolaus Schindel has suggested that the province may have corresponded to the Sindh region, where the Sasanians notably minted unique gold coins of themselves.[1] According to the modern historian C. J. Brunner, the province possibly included—whenever jurisdiction was established—the areas of the Indus River, including the southern part of Punjab.[2]

References
  1. Schindel 2016, p. 127.
  2. Brunner 2004, pp. 326–336.

Sources
  • Brunner, C. J. (2004). "Iran v. Peoples of Iran (2) Pre-Islamic". Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, Vol. XIII, Fasc. 3. New York. pp. 326–336.
  • Schindel, Nikolaus (2016). "The Coinages of Paradan and Sind in the Context of Kushan and Kushano-Sasanian Numismatics". In Curtis, Vesta Sarkhosh; Pendleton, Elizabeth J.; Alram, Michael; Daryaee, Touraj (eds.). The Parthian and Early Sasanian Empires: Adaptation and Expansion. Oxbow Books. ISBN 9781785702082.

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