Cachinna

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Cachinna was an Island in Arabia mentioned by Pliny.

Variants

• Cachinna (Pliny.vi.32)

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Kachhi = Cachinna (Pliny.vi.32)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia.... There are also the port of Gobœa, the desert islands called Bragæ, the nation of the Thaludæi, the region of Dabanegoris, Mount Orsa, with a harbour, the gulf of Duatus, with numerous islands, Mount Tricoryphos²⁶, the region of Cardaleon, and the islands called Solanades, Cachinna, and that of the Ichthyophagi.

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26 Or the mountain "with the Three Peaks."