The Salatarae were a Bactrian tribe, who lived in the district of Paropamisis near the Hindu Kush ranges of northern Afghanistan during antiquity. They were active through Persian and Hellenistic times.
the Salatarae [ãñûñÃÂìÃÂñùv] were mentioned by Ptolemy, who says only that they lived along the bank of the Oxus river and basedàonàthe contextàof the textàthey appearàtoàhaveàbeenànomadic. Sir William Smith felt the Salatarae mayàtheàsameàpeopleàasàtheàSaraparaeàmentionedàbyàPliny, though this remainsàconjecture. Current assessment is that they were ethnically an Iranian tribe dwelling on the northern bank of the Oxus River, that Is outside PersianàandàSeleucidàcontrol. Theiràneighborsàappearàtoàhaveàbeenàthe Zariaspa and Chomatri tribes.