Other than being a small fishing village, the town does not figure much in
history. Alexander the Great is said to have stopped at Pasni (called 'Cysa' in
Arrian's treatise Indica) while
unsuccessfully trying to rendezvous with his admiral, Nearchus, during a
disastrous exodus via Makran after the Indian Campaign (325 BC). According to
one theory, Admiral Nearchus' well-stocked fleet was supposed to have
continuously provisioned Alexander's army as the latter marched West along the
barren coast towards Persia. In the event, a major portion of Alexander's route
through
