Author: Shaymardanov, Azamat Zokirovich

Annotation: Based on the Avesta sources and the works of Greco-Roman authors, two titles were used for the highest-ranking rulers in Central Asia in the period before the Achaemenids, that is, before the second half of the 6th century BC. "Kavi" and "The genius of all geniuses" these titles are expressed in the works of Greek authors under the title "Vasilevs". It may have meant the highest title in the hierarchical structure of confederal type state associations that existed in the central and western parts of Central Asia in the first half of the 1st millennium.

Keywords: "Kavi", Bactria, "Avesta", "dahyupati of all dahyus", title, rulers, king, "Zarathushtrotem".

Pages in journal: 119 - 125