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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
India
Not a person. Esther marks the eastern edge of Ahasuerus's empire with it, with Cush at the other end and 127 provinces in between, and it most likely means the Indus region.
Not a person. Esther marks the eastern edge of Ahasuerus's empire with it, with Cush at the other end and 127 provinces in between, and it most likely means the Indus region.
India is not a person but the eastern limit of the Persian Empire under King Ahasuerus (Xerxes), named alongside Cush (Ethiopia) to mark the vast extent of his dominion, stretching over 127 provinces (Esther 1:1; 8:9). It likely refers to the Indus River region rather than the full subcontinent.
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- Esther 1:1
- Esther 8:9
