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 oases in the region. Other people settled on the coast and became known in Greek asIchthyophagi ('fish-eaters').

The country was conquered by the Persian kingCyrus the Great (559-530 BCE), although information about his campaign is comparatively late. The capital of Gedrosia was Pura, which is probably identical to modernBampûr, forty kilometers west ofIrânshahr.

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

Several scholars have argued that the Persian satrapyMaka is identical to Gedrosia (which is a Greek name). One argument is the similarity of the name Maka to the modern nameMakran, a part ofPakistan andIran that is situated a bit more to the east. However, it is more likely that Maka is to be sought in modernOman, which was called Maketa in Antiquity.^[1]

• Paratan (satrapy)
• Gedrosian campaign

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