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Chhachh or Chach is a region consisting of an alluvial plain extending from Attock District of Punjab, Pakistan, southwest of Topi and Swabi. It is bounded on the north and west by the Indus river and is about 19mi long and 9mi broad. Percolation from the Indus makes the area extremely fertile, and it was the most fertile area of Rawalpindi Division. The population of the area is primarily made up of Hindko and Pashto speakers.LocationChhachh is 7km off the Pindi-Peshawar GT road (northwards). Chach is at the edge of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa - Punjab border. It is 20.4 km from Attock city and 22.9 km from Topi Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.Chach is a plain which rolls from the Hazara-Gandhara Hills south to Kamra, and from east of the Indus to the broken lands near Lawrencepur. It is an alluvial plain in the north of the District and tehsil of Attock, Punjab, lying between 33°53' and 33° 59' N. and 72° 22' and 72°44' E.HistoryThe name "Chhachh" means "a bowl type container" according to the native language, which was used to drink lassi by the locals. Geographically, the surface of the Chhachh region is like a bowl. Chhachh has been identified with the Chukhsa or Chuskha country of the Taxila copperplate inscription. In the Muslim period it was known as Chhachh-Hazara, or Takht Hazara, "below Hazara", or "Plain of Hazara". Hazro is n this plain.