Kharan Desert
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| Kharan | |
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| Gedrosia | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Pakistan |
The Kharan Desert (
Balochistan province in south-western Pakistan
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This desert was the site of Pakistan's second nuclear test, Chagai-II, which was carried out on 30 May 1998. The land is not fit for agriculture due to low irrigation. The occupation is mainly agriculture and farming. The terrain is mainly dry, grey-brown sand that stretches out.
Porus, in the fourth century BC, he made his way back to Babylonia and passed through the Kharan desert (It was known as Gedrosia at that time), in an attempt to compare himself against Cyrus the Great
who had once passed through the desert.
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