Dasht-e Yahudi

'Jewish Desert') is a historic region referred to by Persian and early Mughal Indian historians that comprises the most western parts of modern-day Peshawar, Charsadda, Malakand and Mardan districts, particularly around their border areas with the Khyber and Mohmand districts.

[citation needed] The term "Yahudi" was a reference to the alleged Jewish origin of the Pashtun people.

Despite being the rulers of the Indian subcontinent, Mughal emperors were throughout their long dynasty unable to control the Pashtuns or strip them of their tribal autonomy.

In modern times, it has been extensively cultivated and for the most part is lush and green through canal systems and rivers.

Ashoka's famous stone tablets and ancient edicts, some of which are found within the Dasht-e Yahudi regions of Shahbaz Garhi, Mardan, and Swabi, have inscriptions in the Greek and Aramaic languages.

Territory of the historic area represented by the archaic term Dasht-e Yahudi
Edicts of Ashoka I–XI in Shahbaz Garhi , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan .
The Kandahar Bilingual Rock Inscription of the 3rd century BCE, compiled in both Greek and Aramaic by the Mauryan king Ashoka in Kandahar , Afghanistan .