Gedrosian campaign: Difference between revisions

Pukkusati War with Cyrus
	Part of the Campaigns of Cyrus the Great
Location	Balochistan (present-day Pakistan)
Result	Gandhara victory
Belligerents
Gandhara	Persia
Commanders and leaders
Pushkarasarin	Cyrus
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Entire army except for 7 survivors annihilated

Revision as of 15:58, 27 June 2025

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]

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↑ Clare, Israel Smith (1906). Ancient history. Union Book Company.

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[3] Clare, Israel Smith (1906). Ancient history. Union Book Company.

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+{{Infobox military conflict
+| conflict          = Pukkusati War with Cyrus
+| place             = [[Balochistan]] (present-day [[Pakistan]])
+| partof            = the [[Cyrus the Great#Rise and military campaigns|Campaigns of Cyrus the Great]]
+| image             = Gedrosia-Maka (Satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire).png
+| territory         =
+| result            = [[Gandhara]] victory<ref name=Britannica/><ref>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</ref>
+| combatants_header = Belligerents
+| combatant1        = [[Gandhara]]
+| combatant2        = [[File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg|20px]] [[Achaemenid Empire|Persia]]
+| commander1        = [[Pushkarasarin ]]
+| commander2        = [[File:Standard of Cyrus the Great.svg|20px]] [[Cyrus the great|Cyrus]]
+| casualties1       = Unknown
+| casualties2       = 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.<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>