Nautaca

• = Ναύτακα, a city of Sogdiana, near the river Oxus, probably between the mod. Samarcand and the river Amur, Curt. 8, 2, 9 (ex conject., Zumpt and Mütz. for Naura).

NAUTACA (Ναύτακα, Arrian, Anab. 3.28, 4.18), a town of Sogdiana, in the neighbourhood of the Oxus (Jihon), on its eastern bank. It has been conjectured by Professor Wilson that it may be the same as Naksheb. (Ariana, p. 165.)