Kach Gandava or Kachi is a low-lying flat region in Balochistan, Pakistan separating the Bugti hills from those of Kalat. Until the end of the 15th century the district had been a dependency of Sindh^[1] Around 1500 it was taken by Shah Beg of the Arghun dynasty from the Samma dynasty of Sultan of Sindh^[2] and so came under the control of Kandahar.Soon the territory was conquered by the Kalhoras Amirs of Sindh,^[3][4] they were displaced by the Nadir Shah of Persia and made it the part of Kalat Khanate in 1740.^[5][6] Kachhi was notified as a district in February 1965. At that time Naseerabad, Jhal Magsi and Jafarabad districts were included, these were separated in 1987. It is driven, like a wedge, into the frontier mountain system and extends for 150 miles from Jacobabad to Sibi, with nearly as great a breadth at its base on the Sindh frontier. The soil is fertile wherever it can be irrigated by the floods brought down from the surrounding hills; but much of the central portion is sandy waste. It is traversed by the North-Western railway.

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kach Gandava". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

28°32′00″N 67°32′00″E / 28.5333°N 67.5333°E / 28.5333; 67.5333