Inhabitation of Gwadar, like most areas of Balochistan, appears to be
ancient. The area shows inhabitation as early as the ancient Bronze age people
where settlements existed around some of the area's oases. The Baloch people of
this area originally referred to themselves as Moka or Maka. It
is from this that word Makran, the original name of Balochistan is derived. The
region was known to the Bactrians as Godar
or Godar-shua
