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Tapuri

with Tapuria clearly lying on the south shores of the Caspian Sea Tapuri or Tapyri ( ) were a tribe in the Medes south of the Caspian Sea mentioned by Ptolemy and Arrian. Ctesias refers to the land of Tapuri between the two lands of Cadusii and Hyrcania.

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with Tapuria clearly lying on the south shores of the Caspian Sea Tapuri or Tapyri ( ) were a tribe in the Medes south of the Caspian Sea mentioned by Ptolemy and Arrian. Ctesias refers to the land of Tapuri between the two lands of Cadusii and Hyrcania.

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