| Conflict: | Pukkusati War with Cyrus |
| Place: | Balochistan |
| Partof: | the Campaigns of Cyrus the Great |
| Result: | Gandhara Victory |
| Combatants Header: | Belligerents |
| Combatant1: | Gandhar |
| Combatant2: | Persia |
| Commander1: | Pukkusati |
| Commander2: | 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.[1]
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 suggests numerous campaigns of Cyrus the Great into the regions near Kabul.[2]
The Achaemenid Army was in great distress in the deserts of Gedrosia. In this expedition, he is said to have been lost much of his army in the desert, marking a remarkable defeat and retreat of the Persians.[3] [4] [5]
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.[6] The difficulties faced by Cyrus the great were also observed during the Gedrosrian campaign of Alexander the Great.[2]