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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> | ||
==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> | |||