The article deals with the localization of the Central Asian Dakhs in the era of Alexander the Great. Based on the analysis of written sources, the author comes to the conclusion that during this period the Dakhs in Sogdiana occupied the valley of the Zeravshan River between Samarkand and Bukhara, and in Khorezm - the left bank of the Amu Darya. In the creative heritage of B. A. Litvinsky, a great place is occupied by research devoted to the study of ancient nomads of Central Asia. Questions of their political, religious and cultural life have always been considered in his works on the basis of a wide range of archaeological, ethnographic, linguistic and narrative sources. The article presented here is a modest gift to the memory of an outstanding scientist, whose collaborator and colleague I was lucky enough to be over the past few years. Keywords: dakhi (dai), Alexander the Great, Bukhara Sughd, Khorezm. In the ancient history of Central Asia, along with other nomadic associations, the Dakhs (Dai) tribes played a huge role. It was the latter's conquest of the Seleucid satrapy of Parthia that led to the creation of the Parthian State, which later became - along with Rome, the Great Kushans, and the Han Empire - one of the four superpowers of the ancient world that divided the entire civilized Ecumene from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Therefore, it is quite obvious what significance the reconstruction of the true history of the Dakh confederation will have for understanding the ethno-political processes that took place in Central Asia in ancient times. The question of what territory the Dakhs occupied in a given period of time can only be solved by a comprehensive analysis of written and archaeological sources. This approach makes it possible first to determine the Dakhs ' habitation sites based on information from ancient authors, and then to link the studied ethnic group with certain types of burial structures common in the same areas. Establishing such a link wil ... Read more