Hindush

Hindush 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁
Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire
c. 513 BCE–c. 325 BCE
Standard of Cyrus the Great
Approximate territorial extent of the Achaemenid realm in the Indus Valley
Demonym	Indian
Government
• Type	Monarchy
Monarchs
• 513–499 BCE	Darius I (first)
• 336–330 BCE	Darius III (last)
Historical era	Iron Age
• Persian conquest of the Indus Valley	c. 513 BCE
• Indian campaign of Alexander the Great	c. 325 BCE
Preceded by Succeeded by Sindhu-Sauvīra Macedonian Empire
Today part of	Pakistan  India

Hindush (Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 Hidūš)^[a] was an administrative division of the Achaemenid Empire. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, it was the "easternmost province" governed by the Achaemenid dynasty. Established through the Persian conquest of the Indus Valley in the 6th century BCE, it is believed to have continued as a province for approximately two centuries, ending when it fell to the Macedonian Empire during the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great.
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