Gedrosia (satrapy)

Territory of Gedrosia, among the eastern territories of the Achaemenid Empire.

Gedrosia on the Peutinger Map

Gedrosia is a dry, mountainous country along the northwestern shores of the Indian Ocean. It was occupied in the Bronze Age by people who settled in the few places in the region. The country was conquered by the Persian king Cyrus the Great (559-530 BCE).

Gedrosia became famous in Europe when the Macedonian king Alexander the Great tried to cross the Gedrosian desert and lost one third of his men.