Talk:Rann of Kutch

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[edit] When became dry land?

Gujarat says: "The Rann of Kutchch covers a large portion of western Gujarat .... Only 500 years earlier, the area was the Arabian Sea."

Rann of Kutch says: "The area was a vast shallows of the Arabian Sea until continuing geological uplift closed off the connection with the segggggggga, creating a vast lake that was still navigable during the time of Alexander the Great." (Alexander the Great 356 BC - 323 BC).

What are the facts here? When was this area actually part of the sea? -- Writtenonsand 21:07, 19 January 2006 (UTC)