Maghas

Maghas or Maas was the capital city of Alania, a medieval kingdom in the Greater Caucasus. It is known exclusively from Arabic sources and its location is uncertain, with some authors favouring North Ossetia and others pointing to Arkhyz in modern-day Karachay-Cherkessia, where three 10th-century churches still stand. Another possible location is Ingushetia^{[citation needed]}, whose capital city Magas, when founded in 1995, was named after the ancient town. The destruction of Maghas is ascribed either to the Mongols or to Tamerlane.