The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c25.178

v1.c25.178

Alexander, having crossed into Gedrosia, kept down as near the coast as possible, in order to dig wells and establish depots for food which might serve the fleet. It was a burning and arid land, rich only in aromatic shrubs, and the barrier of the Malan range seems to have forced the European army into a still more appalling region inland. They would have reached it by way of the Hingol valley, in which the Hinglāj shrine is now the last great place of Hindu pilgrimage towards the West.