In 1797 he issued his commentary on Arrian's Voyage of Nearchus (contained in the Indica), which he terms ‘the first event of general importance to mankind in the history of navigation’.
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Arrian was able to use sources which are now lost, such as the contemporary works by Callisthenes (the nephew of Alexander's tutor Aristotle), Onesicritus, Nearchus, and Aristobulus, and the slightly later work of Cleitarchus.
Nearchus mentions such a race as inhabiting the barren shores of the Gwadar and Pasni districts in Makrān, Balochistan, Pakistan.