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Oritae
The Oritae or Oreitae (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ὠρεῖται, ''Ōreîtai'') were a tribe of the sea-coast of Gedrosia, mentioned by several ancient writers.Vaux 1857, p. 493. History The Oritae were a people inhabiting the sea-coast of Gedrosia, with whom Alexander the Great, Alexander fell in on his march from the Indus River, Indus to Persia in 326 BC. Their territory appears to have been bounded on the east by the Hub River, Arabis, and on the west by a mountain spur which reached the sea at Cape Moran. There is considerable variation in the manner in which their names are written in different authorities: thus they appear as Oritae in Arrian; Oritai (Ὠρῖται) in Strabo,Strab. xv. p. 720. Dionysius Periegetes, Plutarch, and Stephanus Byzantinus; as Ori or Oroi (Ὦροι) in Arrian and Pliny the Elder, Pliny; and Horitae in Quintus Curtius Rufus, Curtius. Arrian and Strabo have described them at some length. According to the former, they were an Indian nation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria In Orietai
Alexandria in Orietai was one of the seventy-plus cities founded or renamed by Alexander the Great. The town was founded by Alexander in autumn of 325 BC after his army had separated from Nearchus and the boats near the mouth of the Indus River. The sources agree that a town was built among the Oritae, that the fortification was left to Hephaestion and Leonnatus be built in the autumn of 325 BC and that it was located near Rhambacia, the largest town of the Oreitai. The core of colonists were retired Arachosian horsemen. Alexander probably intended the new town to be an emporium controlling the local and Indian spice trade through the passes to Kandahar. The area certainly had exotic resources for trade. Written four centuries later the Roman Periplus of the Erythraean Sea says that this area "yields much wheat, wine, rice and dates but along the coast there is nothing but Bdellium". Location The exact site of the city in Balochistan, Pakistan is still unknown but sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
