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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]] | |||
| 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> | |||
==Background== | |||
According to [[Herodotus]], after the rise of [[Cyrus the Great]], he went on to conquer numerous states. He also built a city named [[Cyropolis]] which is located at [[Sogdia]]. [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] suggests numerous campaigns of Cyrus the Great into the regions near [[Kabul]].<ref name="Clifford 1907">{{Cite book |last=Clifford |first=John Herbert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vOw2AQAAMAAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Standard History of the World |date=1907 |publisher=University society Incorporated |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Campaign== | |||
The [[Achaemenid Army]] was in great distress in the deserts of [[Gedrosia]]. In this expedition, he is said to have lost much of his army in the desert, marking a remarkable defeat and retreat of the [[Persians]].<ref name=Rawlinson>{{Cite book |last=Rawlinson |first=George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LPN4DwAAQBAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Persian Empire |date=2018-03-15 |publisher=Endymion Press |isbn=978-1-5312-9575-2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=M ́Clintock |first=John Strong, James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tazdDwAAQBAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature: Volume II |date=2020-04-17 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-8460-5025-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Garvin |first1=James Louis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XYFGAQAAIAAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Encyclopedia Britannica |last2=Hooper |first2=Franklin Henry |last3=Cox |first3=Warren E. |date=1929 |publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica Company, Limited |language=en}}</ref> | |||
==Aftermath== | |||
There is no evidence of Cyrus subjugating [[Gedrosia]], and it has been described by various historians that it was most likely under [[Darius the Great]] when this region came under Persian control.<ref name=Britannica>{{Cite book |last1=Kellogg |first1=Day Otis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=va8jAQAAMAAJ&q=cyrus+defeated+gedrosia |title=The Encyclopædia Britannica: A-ZYM |last2=Baynes |first2=Thomas Spencer |date=1903 |publisher=Werner |language=en}}</ref> The difficulties faced by [[Cyrus the great]] were also observed during the Gedrosrian campaign of [[Alexander the Great]].<ref name="Clifford 1907"/> | |||
==Further reading== | |||
* {{Cite book |last=Stein |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2466 |title=An Archaeological Tour in Gedrosia |date=1931}} | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist}} | |||
[[Category:History of Balochistan]] | |||
[[Category:Battles of Cyrus the Great]] | |||
[[Category:Wars involving ancient India]] | |||