Makran (Persian: مكران), also mentioned in some sources as Mecran and Mokrān, is the southern coastal region of Balochistan. It is a semi- desert coastal strip in the Balochistan province in Pakistan and in Iran, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman.

Miri Qalat is the most important archaeological site of the Kech Valley in Kech-Makran located south-west of Pakistani Balochistan.

The Kech River (Balochi: كݔچ كؤر) flows in the Makran region of southeastern Iran and the southwestern area of Balochistan Province in southwestern Pakistan. The seasonal intermittent river is a tributary of the Dasht River.

Makran, coastal region of Baluchistan in southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan, constituting the Makran Coast, a 600-mi (1,000-km) stretch along the Gulf of Oman from Raʾs (cape) al-Kūh, Iran (west of Jask), to Lasbela District, Pakistan (near Karāchi).

It was located in the extreme southwest of present-day Pakistan, an area now parts of the districts of Gwadar, Kech and Panjgur. The state did not include the enclave of Omani Gwadar , which was under Omani rule until 1958 .

Khuzdar is one of the most popular archaeological areas of Balochistan. The most important feature of this part of Balochistan is that, it has always been occupied and ruled by invaders from the inception. The present paper discusses the cultural importance of the area of Khuzdar.

For a long time, the Kech-Makran region in southwestern Pakistan was primarily known from Greek texts as the territory of ancient Gedrosia and the land of the ichtyophagous people (‘fish-eaters’), a territory that was crossed by Alexander the Great in 325 BCE, when he returned from the Indus Valley. Kech-Makran has long been

Founder of the French Archaeological 228 archaeological sites were inventoried by the MAFM Mission during an extensive survey Mission in Makran (Balochistan) and exploration program conducted in Kech-Makran (southwestern Balochistan).

Kech or Turbat district of Balochistan is located between 25° 24Ꞌ to 26° 39Ꞌ north latitudes and 61° 47Ꞌ 18” to 64° 30Ꞌ 59” east longitudes. It is bounded on the north by Panjgur district, on the east by Awaran district, on the south by Gawadar district, and on the west by Iran.

Satellite map of southern Kech-Makran with main archaeological sites. Indus Civilization material from Miri Qalat Period IV (2500-2300 BC): ivory comb, steatite stamp seal and painted pottery.