Kacchi Plain

The Kacchi Plain or Kachhi Plain is located in central Pakistan, in Balochistan Province.^[1]

History[]

The Kingdom of Sindh in 700 AD (including Kacchi Plain).

Until the end of the 15th century Kacchi had been a dependency of Sindh.^[2] Around 1500, it was taken by of the Arghun Dynasty from the Samma Dynasty of the Sultans of Sindh. The territory was conquered by the Kalhoras Amirs of Sindh;^[3]^[4] they were displaced by the Nadir Shah of Persia and he made it the part of Kalat Khanate in 1740.^[5]^[6] Kachhi was notified as a district on February 1965. At that time Naseerabad, Jhal Magsi and Jafarabad districts were included; these were separated in 1987.

Geography[]

Plain[]

The Kacchi Plain is an arid plain with mountain ranges on three sides except to the east, located in:

the Kachhi District and Lasbela District
the southern part of Sibi District, extending into the Nasirabad Division (except Sohbatpur District)

Districts or areas occasionally included within the plain:

Dera Bugti District (except the northern part)
Sohbatpur District

Mountain ranges[]

There are three main mountain ranges in Balochistan:

the Central Makran Range (2,000–3,000 metres (6,600–9,800 ft));
the Siahan Range (1,000–2,000 metres (3,300–6,600 ft)).

Archaeology[]

Mehrgarh is one of the most important neolithic sites (7000 BCE to c. 2500 BCE) in archaeology and is located in Kacchi Plain.

References[]

^ Balochistan Government
^ "Sibi". Visitorsheaven.com. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
^ "Cities of Pakistan (Sibi)". PakistanPaedia. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved 2011-03-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Sibi District - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 338.
^ "Ghulam Shah Kalhora and Relations With Kutch". Panhwar.com. 2002-11-02. Retrieved 2017-07-17.