After Alexander tells his army that they'll leave India and march home to Babylon, Ptolemy narrates that Alexander marched his army "directly west across the great Gedrosian desert seeking the shortest route home to Babylon". This is somewhat inaccurate. While Alexander did march part of his army through the Gedrosian desert (The fleet and the veterans were spared the march.), it certainly wasn't the shortest route home to Babylon. In fact, going through the Gedrosian desert was, by far, the most dangerous route possible and certainly not the shortest route. The only reason Alexander decided to march through the desert was for his own glory because no other army had ever crossed the desert alive, and he wanted to be the first to hold the honour of doing so.
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