Oreitans/Oritans and Oreitians/Oritians ()Arrian, Anabasis, 6.21
/ref> were the ancient inhabitants of modern Lasbela District in

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in West and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. This arid region o ...

province of

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Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

crossed Hub River through Lasbela on his way back to

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after conquering Northwestern India. Alexander mentions the river name as Arabius, and local people as Oreitans. The largest town of them was called Rhambacia (Ῥαμβακία). One more town which is mentioned by name was the Ora (Ὤροις).Arrian, Anabasis, 6.22
/ref> After Alexander conquered them, he placed Apollophanes as

Satrap A satrap () was a governor of the provinces of the ancient Median kingdom, Median and Achaemenid Empire, Persian (Achaemenid) Empires and in several of their successors, such as in the Sasanian Empire and the Hellenistic period, Hellenistic empi ...

in the area. Alexander told Hephaestion to build a city in Rhambacia and to Apollophanes to build a city in Ora. After Alexander left, at some point Oreitans rebelled. Leonnatus managed to defeat them, killing 6,000 and all their leaders, while losing only 15 cavalrymen and a handful of men, but Apollophanes (the Satrap) was nevertheless killed in the battle.

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{{reflist Ancient peoples of Pakistan History of Balochistan Lasbela District Wars of Alexander the Great

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