Caucasus Indicus
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Caucasus Indicus is the Latinised Greek name for the Hindu Kush mountain range. The name Caucasus Indicus continued to be used in many parts of the West until recently in the modern era.
Alexander the Great conquered the Hindu Kush region in 329 BC. The Greeks named the range καύκασοσ ινδικοσ, later Latinised as "Caucasus Indicus", meaning the "Caucasus of the Indus country". Greeks remained as rulers, administrators, or scribes in the region for many centuries. See Greco-Bactrian.
