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| combatant2        = [[File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg|20px]] [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]
| combatant2        = [[File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg|20px]] [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]
| commander1        = [[Pushkarasarin ]]
| commander1        = [[Pushkarasarin ]]
| commander2        = [[File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg|20px]] [[Cyrus the great|Cyrus]]
| commander2        = [[File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg|20px]] [[Cyrus the Great]]
| casualties1      = Unknown
| casualties1      = Unknown
| casualties2      = Entire army except for 7 survivors annihilated
| casualties2      = Entire army except for 7 survivors annihilated
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The '''Gedrosian campaign''' of [[Cyrus the Great]] was a military expedition of the [[Achaemenids]] in the modern-day [[Balochistan]] region against the [[Hindus]] or Indians.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clare |first=Israel Smith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UUQAAAAYAAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=Ancient history |date=1906 |publisher=Union Book Company |language=en}}</ref>
The '''Gedrosian campaign''' of [[Cyrus the Great]] was a military expedition of the [[Achaemenids]] in the modern-day [[Balochistan]] region against the [[Hindus]] or Indians.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Clare |first=Israel Smith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UUQAAAAYAAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=Ancient history |date=1906 |publisher=Union Book Company |language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:59, 27 June 2025

Pukkusati War with Cyrus
Part of the Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
Gedrosia-Maka (Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire).png
Location
Balochistan (present-day Pakistan)
Result Gandhara victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Gandhara Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Persia
Commanders and leaders
Pushkarasarin Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg Cyrus the Great
Casualties and losses
Unknown Entire army except for 7 survivors annihilated

The Gedrosian campaign of Cyrus the Great was a military expedition of the Achaemenids in the modern-day Balochistan region against the Hindus or Indians.[3]

  1. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Britannica
  2. author=Israel Smith Clare|book="Library of universal history : containing a record of the human race from the earliest historical period to the present time : embracing a general survey of the progress of mankind in national and social life, civil government, religion, literature, science and art"|page =490|access-date=2025-04-06|url=https://archive.org/embed/libraryofunivers04clar
  3. Clare, Israel Smith (1906). Ancient history. Union Book Company.