title: Maciya
text: # Maciya
  
  Maciya one of the Pontic peoples mentioned by Darius and Xerxes. Maciya is probably Macron in southern Balochistan.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  Machiya comes from the Old Persian place name Maka(probably corresponds to the Gedrosia of ancient authors), which literally means "living or dwelling by the sea."
  
  ## History
  
  Inscription of King Darius I: “I am Darius, the great king, the king of kings, the king of multi-tribal countries ... By the will of Ahuramazda, these are the countries that I had to rule, except for Persia: ... Media, Elam, Parthia, Areia, Bactria, Sogdiana, Khorezm, Drangiana, Arachosia, Sattagidia, Gaidara, India, scythians haumavarga, scythians with pointed hats, Babylon, Assyria, Arabia, Egypt, Armenia, Cappadocia, Lydia, Ionia, scythians across the sea, Skudra, Ionians wearing helmets , Putia, Kushia (Ethiopia), Maciya, Karka ".
  
  Maciya is also called a people living beyond the sea.
  
  